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Treasury

Answer

Mr. Hain: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for those that are currently claiming unemployment-related benefits how many (a) men and (b) women for whom the interval in weeks between the latest and previous claim was (i) four or less, (ii) over four and up to 13, (iii) over 13 and up to 26, (iv) over 26 and up to 39, (v) over 39 and up to 52, (vi) over 52 and up to 104 and (vii) over 104 and those who had made no previous claim there are in (i) each standard region of England, (2) Wales, (3) Scotland and (4) Great Britain. [40902] Mrs. Angela Knight: The information requested is contained in the following table. Live claims for unemployment related benefits on 12 September 1996 by the interval between the current and previous claim Claims (thousands) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Interval (weeks) Regions 4 or less Over 4 and Over 13 Over 26 Over 39 Over 52 Over 104 No Total up to 13 and up to and up to and up to and up to previous 26 39 52 104 Females South East 16.4 22.4 17.3 9.9 7.5 13.6 22.3 59.7 169.2 East Anglia 1.3 1.9 1.5 0.9 0.9 1.2 2.4 6.1 16.3 South West 3.9 5.5 4.6 2.3 1.6 2.9 5.5 13 39.3 West Midlands 3.8 5.9 4.9 2.7 2.6 3.5 6.2 18.4 48 East Midlands 2.8 4.5 3.5 1.5 1.7 2.6 4.8 11.4 32.7 Yorkshire and Humberside 4.4 5.8 4.4 2.6 2.3 2.9 5.9 16.1 44.5 North West 5.5 6.8 5.8 3.2 2.5 3.7 7.2 18.8 53.7 Northern 3 3.3 3.4 1.8 1.3 2.3 3.6 12.1 30.8 Wales 2.2 2.9 2.5 1.3 1.3 1.6 4.1 9.6 25.5 Scotland 4.6 5 4.3 2.5 3 3.2 6.4 15.6 44.6 Great Britain 48 64.1 52.3 28.6 24.8 37.6 68.4 180.9 504.6 Males South East 59.9 79.6 63.9 32.4 24.9 42.2 53 109.3 465.3 East Anglia 5.9 7.6 6.7 3.6 2 3.3 5.1 9 43.1 South West 15.5 19.7 15.7 7.4 5.6 9.7 10.5 20.2 104.3 West Midlands 16.3 25.6 19.5 10 8.2 12.5 15.9 30.9 139 East Midlands 11.9 17.9 12.3 6.3 5.2 8.7 10.4 19.2 91.9 Yorkshire and Humberside 21.6 27.7 20.5 9.1 8.5 12.2 14.4 27.4 141.4 North West 25 32.6 25.8 12.8 9.9 16.7 19.2 36.3 178.3 Northern 13.8 19.1 14.5 7.1 6.4 9.1 9 20.6 99.6 Wales 10 13.3 12 5.4 5 7.5 9.1 15.1 77.4 Scotland 21 26.8 21.8 11 10 13.2 15 27 145.9 Great Britain 201 269.9 212.7 105.1 85.8 135.1 161.4 315.1 1,486.2 All South East 76.3 10.2 81.2 42.3 32.4 55.9 75.3 168.9 634.5 East Anglia 7.2 9.5 8.2 4.5 2.9 4.5 7.4 15.1 59.4 South West 19.4 25.2 20.3 9.7 7.2 12.6 16 33.2 143.6 West Midlands 20.1 31.6 24.4 12.8 10.8 16 22.1 49.3 187 East Midlands 14.6 22.4 15.9 7.7 6.9 11.3 15.2 30.6 124.7 Yorkshire and Humberside 26.1 33.5 24.9 11.7 10.8 15.1 20.3 43.5 185.8 North West 30.5 39.4 31.6 16 12.5 20.4 26.4 55.2 232 Northern 16.9 22.4 17.9 8.9 7.7 11.4 12.6 32.7 130.4 Wales 12.2 16.3 14.5 6.6 6.3 9.1 13.2 24.7 102.9 Scotland 25.6 31.8 26.2 13.5 13 16.4 21.4 42.7 190.5 Great Britain 249 334 265 133.7 110.5 172.6 229.8 495.9 1,990.8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: JUVOS cohort, excludes clerically operated claims.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

40902; 282 c1108-10W;282 c1106-8W

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Applications Women Employment Social security benefits Unemployment benefits

Contains statistics

Yes