HC Deb 08 December 1994 vol 251 c342W
Ms Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the current estimates of the effects on the monthly claimant count of the introduction of the jobseeker's allowance and the introduction of incapacity benefit.

Miss Widdecombe

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull, East (Mr. Prescott) on 14 April 1994,Official Report, column 345. Current estimates suggest that the relevant figure for the jobseeker's allowance would be approximately 25,000.

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