§ Mr. NellistTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will estimate for 1989(a) the number of claimants without paid jobs who wanted full-time jobs, (b) the number who wanted part-time jobs, (c) the number who had no preference and (d) the number who did not want a job who (i) had not looked for a job in the last week, (ii) had not looked for a job in the last four weeks, (iii) were not available for work within the next two weeks, (iv) (i) and (iii), (v) (ii) and (iii), breaking the estimates down by sex and according to whether the main reason for not seeking work was (1) looking after family/home, (2) long-term sick/disabled, (3) believed no jobs available, (4) retired, (5) temporarily sick, on holiday, awaiting results of job application or waiting to start a job already obtained, (6) did not want/need work, (7) studying, (8) not yet started looking, (9) other reason/no reply/not applicable and (10) all reasons.
§ Mr. NichollsI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to him on 10 May 1990 at column220