Jobseeker’s Allowance: North West

Mark Hunter

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many jobseeker’s allowance claimants there were in (a) the North West, (b) Stockport local authority area and (c) Cheadle constituency in each month since January 2007. (261461)

[holding answer 6 March 2009]: The information is in the following table.

*Jobseeker’s allowance claimants in north-west Government office region (GOR), Stockport local authority and Cheadle parliamentary constituency: January 2007 to January 2009*
	North-west GOR	Stockport local authority area	Cheadle parliamentary constituency
January 2007	120,858	3,048	497
February 2007	122,361	3,094	529
March 2007	119,759	3,072	508
April 2007	115,582	3,020	492
May 2007	111,553	2,893	473
June 2007	107,682	2,826	448
July 2007	108,979	2,889	468
August 2007	109,800	2,955	480
September 2007	107,392	2,871	469
October 2007	103,854	2,810	436
November 2007	102,174	2,803	415
December 2007	104,022	2,805	408
January 2008	110,250	2,980	455
February 2008	112,475	3,049	497
March 2008	112,122	3,018	450
April 2008	111,859	3,015	453
May 2008	110,911	3,054	442
June 2008	110,769	3,077	465
July 2008	116,193	3,279	513
August 2008	122,067	3,433	550
September 2008	124,988	3,553	598
October 2008	127,638	3,692	624
November 2008	137,636	4,117	710
December 2008	149,439	4,377	750
January 2009	164,996	5,004	898
Notes: 1. Figures are unrounded. 2. Figures include clerically held cases. Source: 100 per cent. count of claimants of unemployment-related benefits, Jobcentre Plus computer systems (including clerically held cases).

Volume 489: debated on Tuesday 10 March 2009