HC Deb 11 January 1988 vol 125 cc18-9W
Mr. Butler

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment by how much unemployment has fallen in the Warrington travel-to-work area since November 1986.

Mr. Lee

The following information is in the Library. On 12 November 1987 the number of unemployed claimants in the Warrington travel-to-work area was 7,779, a fall of 2,113 since November 1986.

Mr. Nicholas Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide a similar breakdown of cases of voluntary unemployment for the four quarters ended 30 June 1986 to that given in his answer of 26 November 1987,Official Report, columns 263–64.

Quarter ending
30 September 1985 31 December 1985 31 March 1986 30 June 1986
Section 20(1)(a) 107,718 (1,358) 101,778 (1,507) 94,817 (1,260) 100,539 (1,236)
Section 20(1)(b) 342 (19) 370 (8) 417 (16) 529 (8)
Section 20(1)(c) 198 (15) 263 (8) 304 (5) 319 (14)
Section 20(1)(d) 39 (1) 38 (—) 12 (3) 3 (1)
Section 20(1)(e) 1,293 (47) 1,547 (83) 1,862 (61) 1,644 (75)
Total 109,590 (1,440) 103,996 (1,606) 97,412 (1,345) 103,034 (1,334)