Students

HC Deb 28 March 1990 vol 170 cc220-2W

Mr. Andrew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of unemployed students in each region of the country for each month from May 1989 to November 1990.

Mr. Nicholls

The information is available in the Library. The following table shows for each month from May 1989 to February 1990 the number of unemployed students in each region of the country. Unemployment figures are not available for the requested group in Northern Ireland and no figures are available beyond February 1990. Figures on unemployed students are published separately and are not included in the monthly claimant count.

The number of students on vacation and claiming unemployment related benefits (not seasonally adjusted)
South East
	Total
May 1989	316
June 1989	509
July 1989	11,488
August 1989	12,618
September 1989	13,115
October 1989	1,814
November 1989	604
December 1989	499
January 1990	366
February 1990	319

West Midlands
	Total
May 1989	120
June 1989	286
July 1989	8,081
August 1989	7,677
September 1989	8,392
October 1989	850
November 1989	189
December 1989	138
January 1990	96
February 1990	74

Yorkshire and Humberside
	Total
May 1989	77
June 1989	241
July 1989	9,006
August 1989	8,579
September 1989	9,635
October 1989	970

	Total
November 1989	117
December 1989	88
January 1990	85
February 1990	68

East Anglia
	Total
May 1989	11
June 1989	35
July 1989	1,310
August 1989	1,230
September 1989	1,414
October 1989	108
November 1989	24
December 1989	23
January 1990	16
February 1990	22

South West
	Total
May 1989	36
June 1989	89
July 1989	3,944
August 1989	3,904
September 1989	4,121
October 1989	315
November 1989	70
December 1989	47
January 1990	30
February 1990	26

East Midlands
	Total
May 1989	70
June 1989	170
July 1989	5,115
August 1989	4,936
September 1989	5,715
October 1989	469
November 1989	111
December 1989	80
January 1990	54
February 1990	37

Northern
	Total
May 1989	47
June 1989	198
July 1989	5,840
August 1989	5,338
September 1989	6,645
October 1989	402
November 1989	68
December 1989	62
January 1990	37
February 1990	34

Scotland
	Total
May 1989	205
June 1989	2,010
July 1989	13,853
August 1989	13,949
September 1989	13,204
October 1989	1,248
November 1989	226
December 1989	163
January 1990	119
February 1990	88

Great Britain
	Total
May 1989	1,102
June 1989	4,083
July 1989	78,223
August 1989	77,362
September 1989	83,682
October 1989	7,840
November 1989	1,761
December 1989	1,334
January 1990	989
February 1990	832

North West
	Total
May 1989	153
June 1989	412
July 1989	12,962
August 1989	13,037
September 1989	14,362
October 1989	1,163
November 1989	280
December 1989	188
January 1990	139
February 1990	126

Wales
	Total
May 1989	67
June 1989	133
July 1989	6,624
August 1989	6,094
September 1989	7,079
October 1989	501
November 1989	72
December 1989	46
January 1990	47
February 1990	38