§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many new claims for unemployment-related benefits have been made by people living in the York travel-to-work area since April 1992; and how many people living in the York travel-to-work area have made one or more new claims for unemployment-related benefits in the same period. [8532]
§ Mrs Angela KnightThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
433WLetter from Tina Holt to Mr. Hugh Bayley, dated 16 December 1996:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on how many new claims for unemployment-related benefits have been made by claimants living in the York travel-to-work area, and how many claimants have made at least one new claim for unemployment-related benefits since April 1992.The database used to complete this analysis does not contain ward level data and therefore information can not be provided for true travel-to-work areas. However, information can be provided by jobcentre best-fit travel-to-work areas.Since 1 April 1992, an estimated 50,040 new claims for unemployment-related benefits have been made by claimants registering at York Clifford Street Employment Service Jobcentre or York Stonebow Employment Service Jobcentre.The estimated number of claimants who have experienced at least one new spell of claimant unemployment at both of these jobcentres, since 1 April 1992, is 28,580.