§ Mr. HainTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his answer of 11 January,Official Report, columns 105–106, what is the formal International Labour Organisation definition of unemployed.
§ Miss Widdecombe[holding answer 18 January 1994]: The International Labour Organisation definition of unemployment as used, for example in compiling labour force estimates, counts as unemployed those people who at the time of interview were without work—that is, working less than one hour per week—were available to start work within the next two weeks, and had either looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview or were waiting to start a job they had already obtained.