§ Mr. WicksTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest figures showing the number of unemployed persons with dependent children who have been unemployed for(a) less than six months, (b) six to 12 months and (c) 12 months or more.
§ Mr. Oppenheim[holding answer 13 February 1995]: Latest estimates from the summer 1994 labour force survey for Great Britain show that there were 785,000 International Labour Organisation unemployed parents with dependent children. Of these, 297,000 had been ILO unemployed for less than six months; 138,000 had been ILO unemployed for six to 12 months and 349,000 had been ILO unemployed for over one year.
§ Mr. WicksTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will publish the latest figures showing the number of children living in families with an unemployed head;
(2) if he will publish the latest figures showing the number of children living in families headed by a person who has been unemployed for (a) less than six months, (b) six to 12 months and (c) 12 months or more.
§ Mr. Oppenheim[holding answer 13 February 1995]: Latest estimates from the summer 1994 labour force survey for Great Britain show that there were 1,103,000 children living in families with an ILO unemployed head. Of these, 297,000 children lived in a family where the head had been ILO unemployed for less than six months; 170,000 in a family where the head had been ILO unemployed for six to 12 months and 635,000 in a family where the head had been ILO unemployed for over a year.