§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what percentage of those leaving the unemployment register went into(a) full-time and (b) part-time employment in each year since 1979; [16765]
(2) how many of those leaving the register of those unemployed and entitled to claim benefit went into (a) full-time employment, (b) part-time employment, (c) permanent employment and (d) temporary employment in (i) England, (ii) Wales, (iii) Scotland (iv) Northern Ireland and (v) each standard English region in the last year for which figures are available. [16895]
§ Mrs. Angela Knight[holding answer 20 February 1997]: 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. Stephen Byers, dated 3 March 1997:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to reply to your questions (16765 and 16895) on how many of those leaving claimant unemployment went into full-time, part-time, temporary and permanent employment in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and each standard English region in the last year.The figures in the attached tables show the number of claimants who left the claimant count and went into work in 1995 and 1996 for each standard statistical region in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Information on the destination of claimants from the claimant count is not available prior to January 1995 and no information is available on the type of employment found.The 'unknown' destinations category shown in the table includes claimants whose claims were terminated because they stopped signing at their Employment Service jobcentre, together with claimants who did not supply a reason for stopping their claim.496W
Destination of leavers from the claimant count by standard statistical region Region Destination of leavers (thousand) Found work Other known destinations Unknown destinations All leavers 1996 South East 489.4 198.8 361.5 1,047.6 East Anglia 74.5 23.1 25.6 123.3 South West 167.2 58.4 71.8 297.4 West Midlands 166.3 69.6 85.3 321.2 East Midlands 138.5 48.9 56.3 243.7 Yorkshire and Humberside 198.2 77.2 82.9 358.3 North West 233.8 102.3 108.6 444.7 North 143.7 56.0 39.3 239.0 England 1,611.5 632.5 831.3 3,057.3 Wales 108.0 41.5 39.3 188.8 Scotland 216.5 82.5 87.9 387.0 Northern Ireland 54.8 31.0 21.7 107.6 1995 South East 522.1 217.2 381.3 1,120.5 East Anglia 79.3 24.2 26.8 130.3 South West 175.9 65.3 77.5 318.7 West Midlands 176.6 74.7 86.4 337.6 East Midlands 142.9 53.2 58.3 254.4
Destination of leavers from the claimant count by standard statistical region Region Destination of leavers (thousands) Found work Other known destinations Unknown destinations All leavers Yorkshire and Humberside 200.4 83.6 83.3 367.3 North West 244.7 106.8 110.0 461.4 North 150.7 60.7 39.6 251.0 England 1,692.5 685.7 863.1 3,241.2 Wales 112,3 43.7 39.3 195.3 Scotland 224.9 85.9 88.2 399.0 Northern Ireland 55.4 29.2 21.4 106.0 Source:
JUVOS.