§ Mr. Wainwrightasked the Paymaster General why details of the number of people on special work or training schemes have been dropped from his Department's monthly press release details.
§ Mr. LeeSince May we have arranged for the numbers of people assisted by employment measures and YTS to be published monthly in theEmployment Gazette which is available in the Library.
Changes affecting the unemployment count Registrant to claimant count Reconciliation of benefit records in Northern Ireland Reduction of over-recording Region October 1982 July 1985 March 1986 South East -54,000 — -18,420 Greater London -29,000 — -9,820 East Anglia -4,000 — -1,430 South West -8,000 — -4,300 West Midlands -20,000 — -3,910 East Midlands -8,000 — -2,590 Yorks and Humberside -14,000 — -3,690 North West -32,000 — -5,380 North -10,000 — -2,180 Wales -10,000 — -1,990 Scotland -22,000 — -4,570 Great Britain -182,000 — -48,460 Northern Ireland -8,000 -5,000 -1,540 United Kingdom -190,000 -5,000 -50,000 These effects cannot simply be added together to give a cumulative effect on subsequent unemployment figures, because the effects tend to vary over time.