§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will publish his Department's internal forecasts of the level of UK unemployment over the next two years; and if he will make a statement. [21355]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithThe DfEE does not forecast unemployment. The current planning assumption, set out in "Securing Britain's long-term economic future"Pre-Budget Report November 1997, is for unemployment to remain flat at its October 1997 level.