§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Attorney-General how many people resident in(a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland have appeared before a social security commissioner in each of the past five years; and if he will separately distinguish the location where those hearings were held.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe numbers of cases heard by social security commissioners in each of the past five years are listed in the tables, broken down according to the location of the hearings. The breakdown of individual residential locations requested is not reasonably practicable.
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England, Wales and Scotland Number of cases heard by Social Security Commissioner in each of the past five years Location 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 London na na 519 572 222 Cardiff na na 6 42 56 Liverpool1 nil nil nil nil 53 Edinburgh 56 51 64 68 63 na = Figures not available. 1 Hearings have only been held at this location since 1988.
Northern Ireland Number of cases heard by Social Security Commissioner in each of the past five years Location 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 Belfast 74 89 76 47 33 Armagh 7 19 10 12 3 Ballymena nil 8 5 3 2 Ballymoney nil nil 2 2 nil Banbridge nil 32 18 6 22 Coleraine 6 6 2 2 2 Cookstown 12 6 4 nil 3 Craigavon nil 1 3 4 2 Downpatrick nil 5 5 4 nil Dungannon nil 11 9 nil nil Enniskillen 4 8 3 nil 3 Limavady 7 4 7 2 3 Londonderry 10 7 3 8 5 Magherafelt 1 14 6 4 nil Newry 13 17 6 16 8 Omagh 17 12 21 11 7 Strabane 4 13 11 6 6 TOTALS 155 252 191 127 99
Table 1 ILO/OECD unemployed1 looking for work as an employee2 and wanting a full or part-time job or hating no preference Spring 1988, Thousands Full-time Part-time No Preference Males Females Males Females Males Females Great Britain 912 333 66 403 95 120 Northern 87 30 3 26 3 10 Yorkshire and Humberside 110 31 3 40 13 13 East Midlands 53 19 3 30 3 3 East Anglia 16 3 3 12 3 3 South East 163 80 19 104 13 22 of which: Greater London 89 40 10 44 3 10 South West 40 17 3 31 3 3 West Midlands 90 33 3 42 3 12 North West 151 49 11 52 20 21 Wales 57 17 3 22 3 3 Scotland 141 48 3 44 11 14 1 People without a job who were available for work and had either looked for work at some time in the last four weeks or were waiting to start a job they had already obtained. 2 People looking for work as self-employed were not asked if they would prefer to work full or part-time. 3 Sample size too small for a reliable estimate. Source: 1988 Labour Force Survey, Preliminary results.
Table 2 Unemployed1 persons looking for work as an employee2 and wanting a full or part-time job or having no preference Spring 1988, Thousands Full-time Part-time No preference Males Females Males Females Males Females Great Britain 907 334 60 369 95 121 Northern 88 30 3 28 10 3 Yorkshire and Humberside 110 31 3 36 12 14 East Midlands 53 20 3 30 3 3 East Anglia 16 3 3 12 3 3 South East 166 80 19 97 14 22 of which: Greater London 91 40 11 42 3 10 South West 38 17 3 28 3 3 West Midlands 89 32 3 31 10 11 Northwest 148 52 3 48 18 23 Wales 57 18 3 21 3 3 Scotland 141 46 3 38 10 14 1 Great Britain labour force definition. 2 People looking for work as self-employed were not asked if they would prefer to work full or part-time. 3 Sample size too small for a reliable estimate. Source: 1988 Labour Force Survey, Preliminary results.