§ Mr. AllenTo 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. LeeThe latest unemployment figures, both national and regional were first available to all enquirers at 11.30 am on 17 Novermber 1988.
§ Mr. LeightonTo 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. LeeIt 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.