§ Ms ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people in each region were in receipt of unemployment benefit only(a) in total and (b) who had been unemployed for more than six months at the latest available date.
§ Miss WiddecombeInformation is not available, by region, on the numbers of people claiming unemployment benefit only.
The available information relates to the numbers of people claiming all unemployment-related benefits—that is, unemployment benefit, income support and national insurance credits. Unadjusted information by duration for the months of January, April, July and October can be obtained from the NOMIS database in the Library.