HC Deb 06 May 1993 vol 224 cc236-7W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what changes have occurred in the past year in the way that unemployment figures are administratively processed.

Mr. McLoughlin

The basis of the monthly unemployment statistics produced by the Employment Department remains as it has been since October 1982: a count of the number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits at Employment Service local offices on the day of the count.

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