HC Deb 18 January 1996 vol 269 c675W
Mr. Cummings

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in the areas covered by the Peterlee and Seaham area offices are estimated to be economically inactive. [9499]

Mrs. Angela Knight

The information available, from the Labour Force Survey, shows that in Durham, the county covering the Peterlee and Seaham area offices, there were 194,000 economically inactive people in summer, June to August, 1995.