Actors and Actresses

HC Deb 01 July 1996 vol 280 c284W

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many actors and actresses are currently unemployed. [35008]

Mrs. Angela Knight

In May 1996, 13,033 of the claimant unemployed in the United Kingdom usually worked as actors, entertainers, stage managers, producers or directors. Figures for actors alone cannot be separately identified.