asked the Minister for the Arts (1) if the British Library has completed its assessment of the damage to its collections inflicted by Miss Norma Hague and discovered in 1984;(2) if he will list the individual and total value of the damage inflicted by Miss Norma Hague on the collections
| Great Britain | |||||||||
| thousands | |||||||||
| All people who said they would like a job | of which not available to start work within two weeks | ||||||||
| (a) Those who had not looked for work in the previous four weeks | (b) Those who had looked for work in the previous four weeks | ||||||||
| spring 1984 | spring 1985 | spring 1986 | spring 1984 | spring 1985 | spring 1986 | spring 1984 | spring 1985 | spring 1986 | |
| South East | 1,408 | 1,356 | 1,390 | 233 | 251 | 218 | 59 | 76 | 78 |
| (of which Greater London) | (641) | (607) | (645) | (97) | (116) | (98) | (22) | (32) | (35) |
| East Anglia | 137 | 158 | 160 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| South West | 377 | 319 | 346 | 68 | 53 | 54 | 18 | 21 | 15 |
| West Midlands | 596 | 576 | 538 | 75 | 66 | 63 | 23 | 22 | 18 |
| East Midlands | 344 | 352 | 350 | 48 | 42 | 51 | 19 | 19 | 16 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 465 | 512 | 515 | 47 | 71 | 69 | 16 | 25 | 14 |
| North West | 776 | 730 | 746 | 120 | 97 | 108 | 32 | 27 | 33 |
| North | 413 | 376 | 374 | 70 | 58 | 53 | 14 | 12 | 13 |
| Wales | 303 | 312 | 322 | 53 | 50 | 57 | 1 | 12 | 10 |
| Scotland | 585 | 544 | 555 | 75 | 66 | 80 | 19 | 17 | 14 |
| Great Britain | 5,405 | 5,233 | 5,296 | 807 | 774 | 783 | 216 | 241 | 220 |
Note: The figures are subject to sampling errors. In some cases the figures may appear not to add because of rounding.
1 Sample size too small to provide a reasonable estimate.
of (a) the British Library, (b) the Birmingham public library and (c) the Liverpool public library, including in each case the token value mentioned as their share of the damage on the charge when Miss Hague pleaded guilty and was convicted in November 1984.
I shall let the hon. Member have replies as soon as possible.