Labour Statistics (Hansard, 22 July 1988)

§ Mr. Cope

The information requested is as follows:

Year	Unemployment benefit offices	Jobcentres
	Full-time	Part-time	Total	Full-time	Part-time	Total
1979	¹—	¹—	¹—	²—	²—	²—
1980	¹—	¹—	¹—	²—	²—	²—
1981	¹—	¹—	¹—	²—	²—	²—
1982	¹—	¹—	¹—	²—	²—	1,008
1983	¹—	¹—	¹—	²—	²—	²—
1984	809	336	1,145	²—	²—	991
1985	829	329	1,158	²—	²—	²—
1986	838	341	1,179	²—	²—	1,009
1987	845	334	1,179	²—	²—	²—
1988	841	317	1,158	924	109	1,033
¹ Information not available in the form requested.
² Information not available.

Note: Information on unemployment benefit offices for earlier years is not available in the form requested because records were only kept on premises occupied.

No unemployment benefit offices and jobcentres have been merged. In just over 70 locations new working arrangements are being piloted to determine the most effective way to bring together services offered by jobcentres and unemployment benefit offices.

Details of the official unemployment count for each year are published in the Department of Employment's "Employment Gazette", a copy of which is in the House of Commons Library.