Unemployed Claimant Count (Hansard, 4 November 1996)

§ Mr. Ian McCartney

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people, by region and gender, are

Economically inactive of working age not claiming unemployment-related benefits who would like to work by age, gender and region
Thousands, Spring 1996
	16–24 years old	25–49 years old	50 years and over	All working age
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males (50–64)	Females (50–59)	Males	Females	All persons
United Kingdom	236	306	283	845	292	203	810	1,354	2,164
Great Britain	232	296	279	824	288	198	798	1,318	2,117
England	199	247	228	686	232	163	659	1,095	1,754
South East	82	89	76	282	78	64	236	435	670
Greater London	38	40	53	141	38	30	128	211	340
Rest of South East	44	49	23	140	40	34	107	224	331
East Anglia	¹—	¹—	¹—	27	¹—	¹—	21	39	60
South West	20	24	20	54	21	15	61	93	154
West Midlands	20	29	23	82	30	17	73	127	201
East Midlands	17	19	20	51	16	15	53	84	137
Yorks and Humber	24	30	28	60	29	18	80	108	188
North West	18	26	39	77	30	19	87	122	208
North	13	22	15	54	19	11	47	87	134
Wales	12	20	17	52	23	13	52	85	137
Scotland	21	29	34	87	33	22	88	138	226
Northern Ireland	¹—	10	¹—	21	¹—	¹—	12	36	48

Note:

¹Sample size too small for reliable estimate.

Source:

Labour Force Survey, Office for National Statistics.