HC Deb 29 January 1997 vol 289 c257W
25. Mr. John Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will make a statement on the number of people who leave the claimant count but do not go into employment. [11752]

Mr. Forth

A large majority—around 70 per cent. of those who leave the claimant count—go directly into jobs. Among the remainder, the two largest categories receive Government-funded training or sickness-related benefits, while smaller numbers claim other benefits, go into full-time education, or go abroad.