HC Deb 22 May 1990 vol 173 c132W
Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a chart or table showing unemployment benefit as a percentage of average earnings for the years 1972, 1982, 1987 and 1989(a) for a worker with two children and (b) for a single worker tabulated against equivalent figures in each case for European Community countries.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

The information for Great Britain is shown in the table. Equivalent information for other European Community countries is not available.