HC Deb 21 April 1993 vol 223 c129W
Mr. Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was(a) the number and (b) percentage of persons out of work and eligible to claim benefit in the Cunninghame, North constituency in each month since June 1987.

Mr. McLoughlin

Unemployment rates are not available for parlimentary constituencies. The smallest geographical areas for which unemployment rates are officially compiled are travel-to-work areas.

Information on the number of persons in each month claiming unemployment related benefits in the Cunninghame, North constituency can be obtained from the NOMIS database in the Library.

These figures are on the unadjusted basis and therefore subject to seasonal influences and changes in the coverage of the count over the period.

Mr. David Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have been unemployed for more than one year.

Mr. McLoughlin

In January 1993, the latest date for which figures are available, 1,030,283 claimants in the United Kingdom had been unemployed for over one year. These figures are on the unadjusted basis.