HC Deb 26 April 1994 vol 242 c115W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of(a) men and (b) women living in the Tooting parliamentary constituency who were in receipt of unemployment benefit and who have been unemployed for (i) longer than six months, (ii) longer than 12 months, (iii) longer than two years and (iv) three years and over as of the last most convenient date for which figures can be given.

Miss Widdecombe

The unadjusted figures for the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits in January 1994 are given in the table:

Duration of claim Male Female
Over six months 3,116 933
Over twelve months 2,160 562
Over two years 1,143 256
Over three years 547 106

Claimant unemployment information by duration is available quarterly from the NOMIS database in the Library for the months of January, April, July and October and only on the unadjusted basis.