HC Deb 07 March 1996 vol 273 c341W
Ms Walley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for the Staffordshire region how many women are(a) unemployed, (b) in full-time employment and (c) in part-time work. [19491]

Mrs. Angela Knight

There were 7,801 women claiming unemployment-related benefits in Staffordshire in January 1996. The labour force survey sample of International Labour Organisation unemployed women in Staffordshire is too small to provide a reliable estimate.

The latest available information from the labour force survey on employment, however, shows there were 122,000 women in full-time employment and 107,000 in part-time employment in Staffordshire in summer—June to August-1995.