HC Deb 17 October 1996 vol 282 cc1111-2W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people have experienced unemployment, by Employment Service area office, in each region since April 1992. [41170]

Mrs. Angela Knight

Figures for separate Employment Service jobcentres could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, the figures for each standard statistical region are contained in the following table.

Number of people experiencing at least one spell of claimant unemployment since April 1992
Thousands
Region Female Male All
South East 1,082.1 2,040.7 3,122.8
East Anglia 112.4 212.4 324.7
South West 277.3 517.5 794.8
West Midlands 314.1 600.2 914.3
East Midlands 224 429.4 653.4
Yorkshire and Humberside 298.3 579.4 877.7
North West 386.1 760 1,146.1
North 181.4 376.7 558.1
Number of people experiencing at least one spell of claimant unemployment since April 1992
Thousands
Region Female Male All
Wales 159.9 315.7 475.6
Scotland 325.8 603.6 929.4
Great Britain 3,361.3 6,435.4 9,796.7

Source:

JUVOS cohort. excludes clerically operated claims.

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