Thoughts on David Cameron

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The following figures are presented without commentary and the only notes are those needed in order to understand them better. Feel free to draw your own conclusions from them.

Some data from the 1981 census:

Pop. England & Wales over 16: 37,748,167

Economically active: 22,988,011
Seeking work: 1,983,725
Temp. sick: 218,470 (subtotal: 2,202,195)

Economically inactive: 14,760,156
Perm. sick: 772,419
Other Inactive: 8,062,015

Some data from the 2001 census:

Pop. England & Wales between ages of 16 and 74: 37,607,438

Economically active: 25,022,204
Unemployed: 1,261,343

Economically inactive: 12,585,234
Perm. sick or disabled: 2,076,243
Other Inactive: 1,174,401

Notes:

1. Scotland not included as figures not available for 2001 from the source I was using.
2. There was no upper cutoff point for age in the 1981 figures.
3. "Other Inactive" does not include students or the retired.
4. The source is Nomis.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

As far as I'm aware incapacity benefit has never been included in the official unemployment figures;

This is true. Unemployment figures used to just count those on the dole.