§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many disabled people under the age of 25 years are currently unemployed; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 7 June 1993]: The labour survey—LFS—asks people of working age if they currently have any health problem or disability which limits the kind of paid work they can do. Estimates based on answers to this question will include people with short-term health problems and disabilities as well as those registered as disabled.
LFS estimates for autumn 1992, not seasonally adjusted, show that in Great Britain there were 105,000 people aged 16 to 24 with all such health problems or disabilities who were unemployed on the International Labour Organisation definition.