HC Deb 09 December 1988 vol 143 c378W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment at what time the last set of monthly unemployment figures were made available to the press(a) in Nottingham and (b) nationally.

Mr. Lee

The latest unemployment figures, both national and regional were first available to all enquirers at 11.30 am on 17 Novermber 1988.

Mr. Leighton

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is his Department's estimate of the number of economically inactive people who would like a job.

Mr. Lee

It is estimated from the labour force survey (LFS) that in spring 1987 there were 2,180 thousand people without a job who were economically inactive using the ILO/OECD definition—that is, either not seeking or not available for work—aged 16 and over in Great Britain, who said they would like a job.