§ Lord McColl of Dulwichasked Her Majesty's Government:
What are the quarterly unemployment figures since the beginning of 1992. [HL3834]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics, who has been asked to reply.
143WALetter to Lord McColl of Dulwich from the Director of the Office for National Statistics, Dr. T Holt, dated 17 November 1998.
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary Question on unemployment.
The ONS measure of unemployment, derived from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), is defined on a consistent and internationally recognised basis set out by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and
ILO Unemployed, thousands, seasonally adjusted Total Males Females GB UK GB UK GB UK Mar-May 1992 2,745 2,830 1,835 1,896 910 934 Jun-Aug 1992 2,785 — 1,857 — 928 — Sep-Nov 1992 2,857 — 1,919 — 938 — Dec-Feb 1993 2,965 — 1,983 — 982 — Mar-May 1993 2,909 2,996 1,955 2,018 954 978 Jun-Aug 1993 2,879 — 1,907 — 972 — Sep-Nov 1993 2,851 — 1,882 — 969 — Dec-Feb 1994 2,798 — 1,837 — 961 — Mar-May 1994 2,716 2,796 1,797 1,857 919 938 Jun-Aug 1994 2,667 — 1,774 — 893 — Sep-Nov 1994 2,523 — 1,664 — 859 — Dec-Feb 1995 2,456 2,535 1,614 1,671 843 864 Mar-May 1995 2,435 2,512 1,579 1,636 856 876 Jun-Aug 1995 2,402 2,481 1,562 1,618 840 863 Sep-Nov 1995 2,385 2,462 1,543 1,599 843 863 Dec-Feb 1996 2,334 2,404 1,542 1,594 792 810 Mar-May 1996 2,319 2,388 1,519 1,570 800 817 Jun-Aug 1996 2,244 2,319 1,465 1,515 778 803 Sep-Nov 1996 2,223 2,295 1,431 1,480 792 815 Dec-Feb 1997 2,112 2,180 1,331 1,380 780 800 Mar-May 1997 2,029 2,083 1,285 1,324 744 760 Jun-Aug 1997 1,979 2,042 1,223 1,267 756 774 Sep-Nov 1997 1,846 1,913 1,143 1,188 703 725 Dec-Feb 1998 1,799 1,861 1,099 1,141 701 720 Mar-May 1998 1,754 1,807 1,067 1,105 687 702 Jun-Aug 1998 1,755 1,816 1,066 1,105 689 711 Source:
ONS, Labour Force Survey.