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Treasury

Answer

Mr. Hain: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) men and (b) women currently claiming unemployment-related benefits have made (i) no previous claims, (ii) one, (iii) two, (iv) three, (v) four and (vi) five or more claims for unemployment-related benefits in (1) each standard region of England, (2) Wales, (3) Scotland and (4) Great Britain. [40900] Mrs. Angela Knight: The information requested is contained in the following table. Live claims for unemployment related benefits on 12 September 1996 by the number of previous claims, Great Britain Thousands _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of previous claims Region 0 1 2 3 4 5 Total Females South East 59.7 39.7 25.6 16.2 10.6 17.5 169.2 East Anglia 6.1 3.4 2.7 1.6 1 1.4 16.3 South West 13 8.8 6.1 4 2.4 5.1 39.3 West Midlands 18.4 10.6 7.2 4.6 2.6 4.6 48 East Midlands 11.4 7.9 5.1 3.1 1.9 3.4 32.7 Yorkshire and Humberside 16.1 9.6 6.6 4.3 2.7 5.1 44.5 North West 18.8 11.9 8.1 5.3 3.1 6.4 53.7 Northern 12.1 7 4.3 2.9 1.7 2.8 30.8 Wales 9.6 5.7 4 1.9 1.4 3.1 25.5 Scotland 15.6 9.8 6.3 4.6 3 5.3 44.6 Total 180.9 114.5 76 48.4 30.3 54.5 504.6 Males South East 109.3 98.7 76.7 58.1 40.5 82.1 465.3 East Anglia 9 7.4 6.7 5.1 3.9 11.1 43.1 South West 20.2 18.3 15.5 13.3 10.4 26.6 104.3 West Midlands 30.9 27.3 23.6 18.6 13.3 25.3 139 East Midlands 19.2 17.1 15 12 8.4 20.2 91.9 Yorkshire and Humberside 27.4 24.4 22.2 17.1 13.9 36.3 141.4 North West 36.3 31.4 28.7 21.8 18 42.1 178.3 Northern 20.6 17.6 15.7 12.3 9.8 23.5 99.6 Wales 15.1 13 11.9 9.7 7.7 19.9 77.4 Scotland 27 24.6 22.1 17.6 15.1 39.5 145.9 Total 315.1 279.9 238.1 185.6 141 326.6 1,486.2 All South East 168.9 138.3 102.2 74.3 51.1 99.6 634.5 East Anglia 15.1 10.9 9.4 6.7 4.9 12.5 59.4 South West 33.2 27.1 21.5 17.2 12.8 31.7 143.6 West Midlands 49.3 37.9 30.8 23.2 15.9 29.8 187 East Midlands 30.6 25 20.1 15.1 10.3 23.6 124.7 Yorkshire and Humberside 43.5 34.1 28.9 21.4 16.6 41.4 185.8 North West 55.2 43.3 36.9 27.1 21.1 48.5 232 Northern 32.7 24.6 20.1 15.2 11.4 26.4 130.4 Wales 24.7 18.7 15.9 11.6 9.1 22.9 102.9 Scotland 42.7 34.4 28.3 22.2 18.1 44.8 190.5 Total 495.9 394.3 314 234.1 171.3 381.1 1,990.8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: JUVOS Cohort, computerised claims.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

40900; 282 c1109-12W;282 c1107-10W

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Applications Social security benefits Unemployment benefits

Contains statistics

Yes