§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what assessment he has made of the advantages and disadvantages of using narrow based rates in the regional unemployment statistics. [14919]
§ Mr. OppenheimThe wide-based rate is a sensible way to expressing the claimant unemployment rate since its denominator has a more complete coverage of the workforce and it is the only rate which is quoted in the labour market statistics national press notice. Narrow-based rates are published in theEmployment Gazette and on NOMIS, the Department's on-line
382W£3 and £3.50 an hour and (vi) between £3.50 and £4 an hour. [14227]
§ Mr. Oppenheim[holding answer 16 March 1995]: Estimates derived from the results of the 1994 new earnings survey are given in the following table:
database. There are no plans to change these arrangements.