§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the best information he has, for each region and for Great Britain as a whole, separately for male and female, showing how many people have entered employment action and how many were participating in employment action in December 1991 and in January and February 1992.
Mr. JacksonThe tables show the number of people receiving employment action allowances as at each count date, plus the number starting to receive an allowance in the month ending at each count date. Information is not yet available for February. The figure for allowance starts is not available separately for men and women.
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Table 1 Employment action: allowance starts in month Period ending on Employment service region 12 December 1991 9 January 1992 Total men and women Total men and women London and South East 380 318 South West 203 103 West Midlands 257 102 East Midlands 326 170 Yorkshire and Humberside 352 137
Period ending on Employment service region 12 December 1991 9 January 1992 Total men and women Total men and women North West 410 170 Northern 289 110 Wales 266 113 England and Wales 2,483 1,223
Table 2 Employment action: Receiving allowances on count dale Count date 12 December 1991 9 January 1992 Employment service region Total Men Women Total Men Women London and South East 626 493 133 962 763 199 South West 337 293 44 409 339 70 West Midlands 429 377 52 503 441 62 East Midlands 528 458 70 663 574 89 Yorkshire and Humberside 710 599 111 792 669 123 North West 790 696 94 904 792 112 Northern 503 427 76 583 500 83 Wales 524 502 22 600 575 25 England and Wales 4,447 3,845 602 5,416 4,653 763 Scotland 263 236 27 381 343 38 Great Britain 4,710 4,081 629 5,797 4,996 801 Source: Employment service.