§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what analysis she has of current levels of unemployment among(a) male and (b) female carers and past carers. [38546]
§ Mrs. Angela KnightI have been asked to reply.
The latest available information from the labour force survey shows that in spring 1995 there were 23,000 International Labour Organisation unemployed women who stated that their previous occupation was a care assistant or attendant. The number of ILO unemployed men whose previous occupation was in these categories is too few to provide a reliable estimate.
Information is also available from the autumn 1994 LFS, which shows that there were 68,000 men and 246,000 women who said they were economically inactive—not in employment or ILO unemployed—because they were looking after a dependent adult relative.