§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Prime Minister what assessment he had made of the national on-line manpower information service report from the university of Durham; and if he will make a statement. [16307]
§ Mrs. Angela KnightI have been asked to reply.
NOMIS—national on-line manpower information system—is the Office for National Statistics on-line labour market statistics database run under contract by the university of Durham. It enables users to access electronically via a modem link, a wide range of official labour market statistics.
NOMIS does not produce reports, but the information that it makes available is widely used for research purposes and under crown copyright is quoted as the source of information.
There are currently 800 subscribers to NOMIS, including local authorities, academics, research bodies, central Government and the commercial sector.