§ Mr. Michael MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will, using figures from the 1987 labour force survey, publish a table for each Great Britain region and Greater London, by male and female and claimant status, the numbers of people who had looked for a job in the four-week reference period and were available to start work within two weeks;
(2) if he will show, from the 1987 labour force survey, by region including Greater London and by male and female, the numbers of people who were (a) without jobs and who looked for work in the four weeks before their labour force survey interview and were available to start work within two weeks, who wanted full-time jobs, the number who wanted part-time jobs and the number who had no preference, (b) unemployed according to the standard labour force survey definition who were looking for full-time jobs and the number looking for part-time jobs and the number who had no preference, (c) in part-time jobs who were looking for a different job with longer hours or looking for an additional job, (d) looking for a different job with shorter hours, (e) claimants not unemployed by the definition using broad International Labour Organisation guidelines on the grounds that they were employed, and (f) claimants not unemployed by the conventional labour force survey definition on the grounds that they were employed;
(3) if he will show, from the 1987 labour force survey by region including Greater London and by male and female, the number of people not counted as unemployed by the definition using broad International Labour Organisation guidelines on the grounds that they had not looked for a job in the four weeks prior to interview, but who stated that they would like a job if one was available, and (a) were available to start work within two weeks and (b) were not available to start work within two weeks.