§ Mr. HainTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many people have made an unemployment-related benefit claim since September 1990(a) in Great Britain as a wholes, (b) by standard English region, (c) in Scotland and (d) in Wales; [5461]
(2) how many people have made between one and five unemployment-related benefit claims since September 1990 (a) for Great Britain as a whole and (b) by (i) standard English region, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Wales. [5462]
§ Mrs. Angela Knight[holding answer 21 November 1996]The 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.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Peter Hain, dated 27 November 1996:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent questions on how many people have experienced at least one spell of unemployment since September 1990, by number of spells and region.The available data is shown in the attached table.