HC Deb 03 March 1993 vol 220 c206W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what plans she has to review the procedure by which the unemployment figures are recorded and published.

Mr. McLoughlin

There are no plans to change current procedures for recording the unemployment figures derived from the claimant count and from the labour force survey. If there are any changes to publication arrangements these will be announced in advance, as usual.

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will list the changes that have been made to the way unemployment figures have been calculated since 1979.

Mr. McLoughlin

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dobson) on 26 October 1992,Official Report, column 496.