§ Mr. Hancockasked the Paymaster General how many people in Portsmouth have left the employment register through the restart programme since it started.
§ Mr. Kenneth Clarke[pursuant to his reply, 21 November 1986, c. 367.]: On the basis that the hon. Member is referring to the unemployment benefit count, it is impossible to estimate what proportion of those long-term unemployed people who have ceased to claim benefit in recent months have done so because of the restart programme. People are constantly ceasing to claim benefit because they have returned to work, started work, started training or for a variety of other reasons.