HC Deb 11 April 2000 vol 348 cc95-6W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of the number of people who have moved from benefits into work in Wales since May 1997; and if he will make a statement. [116235]

Per 1,000 population
Stop and searches Arrests resulting from stop and searchers Ratio of ethnic rate to white rate
Borough White Ethnic minority White Ethnic minority Stop and search Arrests resulting from stop/search
1996 (1 January to 31 December)
Barking and Dagenham 18.7 34.7 2.4 5.9 1.8 2.5
Barnet 18.1 22.7 1.5 2.1 1.3 1.4
Bexley 28.5 30.8 3.7 4.2 1.1 1.1
Brent 22.0 42.4 2.1 4.3 1.9 2.0
Bromley 28.0 60.6 3.2 10.0 2.2 3.1
Camden 71.7 151.7 6.8 13.8 2.1 2.0
City of Westminster 98.4 207.8 12.0 23.4 2.1 1.9
Croydon 20.8 40.3 2.4 5.7 1.9 2.4

Mr. Paul Murphy

In Wales, the number of claimants of Jobseeker' s Allowance leaving the claimant count and known to have found work as the reason for ceasing their claim was 281,940 between 8 May 1997 and 10 February 2000, the latest date for which figures are available.

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