§ Mr. HainTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest figures of economically inactive people by(a) region and (b) the whole of the United Kingdom expressed both in numbers and as a percentage of their respective populations.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe latest estimates—not seasonally adjusted—from the labour force survey are given in the following table:
Labour force survey (not seasonally adjusted) Economically inactive people aged 16 and over Region Number (thousands) As percentage of total population aged 16 and over Authmn 1992 South East 4,822 35.0 East Anglia 590 35.7 South West 1,412 37.5 West Midlands 1,518 36.9 East Midlands 1,140 35.6 Yorkshire and Humberside 1,453 37.2 North West 1,942 39.0 North 964 39.9 Wales 979 42.7 Scotland 1,510 37.9 Great Britain 16,331 37.0 Spring 1992 Northern Ireland 460 40.0 United Kingdom 16,801 37.2