§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to her answer of 16 December,Official Report, columns 250–51, if she will list the numbers of people represented by the unemployment rates given.
§ Mr. McLoughlin[holding answer 12 January 1993]: Only unemployment rates are published on a monthly basis and these were given in my answer to the hon. Member of 16 December, Official Report, columns 250–51. The corresponding numbers of unemployed represented by the rates given in my earlier answere are not available as such figures are only produced on the basis of annual averages. The latest annual data relates to 1991 and is as follows:
Estimates of the number of unemployed—annual averages1 Country 1 Number of unemployed Belgium 303,000 Denmark 259,000 France 2,308,000 Germany2 1,346,000 Greece3 303,000 Ireland 219,000 Italy 2,436,000 Luxembourg 3,000 Netherlands 485,000 Portugal 204,000 Spain 2,450,000 United Kingdom 2,627,000 1 Published by the Statistical Office of the European Community (SOEC) and compiled according to internationally recognised International Labour Office (ILO) guidelines. 2 Figures for the Federal Republic of Germany relate to the territory before 3rd October 1990. 3 Figure refers to spring 1991.