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Mr. Wigley
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the estimated annual cost of maintaining the 15,182 unemployed persons in Wales last August who last worked in the construction industry, in terms of social security and unemployment benefits.
Mr. Deakins
No estimate can be given of the cost because benefit expenditure is not recorded by industries.
| Community homes with observation and assessment facilities | Community homes with education on the premises* | Hostels | Community homes catering mainly for children aged under 7 years (Residential nurseries) | Other community homes (not included in columns 1–4) | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||
| England—Total | … | … | 5,270 | 5,595 | 1,628 | 1,899 | 19,503 |
| Northern Region | … | … | 393 | 710 | 165 | 148 | 1,241 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside Region | 455 | 782 | 105 | 250 | 2,218 | ||
| North Western Region | … | … | 871 | 780 | 146 | 184 | 2,683 |
| West Midlands Region | … | … | 529 | 639 | 224 | 272 | 2,376 |
| East Midlands Region | … | … | 365 | 447 | 151 | 22 | 1,539 |
| London North Region | … | … | 453 | 604 | 209 | 142 | 1,746 |
| London Region | … | … | 1,361 | 365 | 444 | 544 | 4,717 |
| Southern Region | … | … | 498 | 578 | 152 | 218 | 2,190 |
| South Western Region | … | … | 345 | 690 | 32 | 119 | 793 |
| * Excluding those with observation and assessment facilities included in column (1). | |||||||