HC Deb 29 January 1991 vol 184 c496W
19. Mr. Wilshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were in employment in June 1979 and June 1990.

Mr. Howard

The work force in employment in the United Kingdom stood at 25,365,000 in June 1979 and at 27,336,000 in June 1990—an increase of just under 2 million over the period.

22. Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what plans he has to alter the methods used to count the number of unemployed.

Mr. Jackson

The monthly unemployment figures will continue to be based on the claimant unemployed. These figures are supplemented by annual labour force survey information on the international definition. From 1992 the latter will be available on a quarterly basis.

Dr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide the seasonally adjusted unemployment figures for each month of 1990, by district, in Yorkshire and Humberside.

Mr. Jackson

Seasonally adjusted unemployment figures are not available below regional level. Unadjusted figures for the local authority districts in Yorkshire and Humberside are available on the NOMIS database in the House of Commons Library.