Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have registered as unemployed at Jobcentre Plus in the last six months. (278310)

[holding answer 8 June 2009]: The available information is in the following table:

*Jobseeker’s allowance—on-flows onto JSA for the last six months—Great Britain*
Date	On-flow	Off-flow	Net difference
November 2008	350,920	265,555	85,365
December 2008	288,192	191,255	96,937
January 2009	290,785	163,585	127,200
February 2009	474,127	298,035	176,092
March 2009	336,234	272,085	64,149
April 2009	311,697	276,360	35,337
Notes: 1. This information is published on the Nomis website at: www.nomisweb.co.uk 2. Off-flow data are rounded to the nearest five. Source: Count of unemployment-related benefits, Jobcentre Plus computer systems (computer held cases only).

Volume 495: debated on Wednesday 1 July 2009