The fun doesn't stop there: the next business is the committee and remaining stages of the emergency bill to deal with a recent High Court judgement on penalties for Jobseeker's Allowance claimants for failure to participate in the Work Programme.
So, if a person is out of work and looking for a job but not claiming Jobseeker's Allowance for any reason (for example they may not want to, or they may not be eligible to claim it), they will appear in the figure for unemployment, but not the figure for claimant count.
The figures shown are the percentage of 18 to 24-year-olds who have been claiming Jobseeker's Allowance for more than six months.
In September, 4, 700 18-24-year-olds in Wales had been claiming jobseeker's allowance for more than a year - the highest it has been since spring May 1997.
The number of 18 to 24-year-olds in Wales claiming jobseeker's allowance for more than a year stood at 4, 455 in August - up from 1, 130 in August 2011.
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The numbers claiming Jobseeker's Allowance for more than six months fell slightly from 103, 400 in October to 94, 230 in November, perhaps reflecting the rise in temporary jobs as Christmas approaches.
They propose sanctions for claimants who refuse jobs, compulsory community work for the long-term jobless and extra screening for incapacity-benefit claimants, with those deemed fit for work turfed onto the stingier jobseeker's allowance.
Lord Lucas said that interns should include those "who cannot afford to go without income" and said there should be no sanctions for employers who make up the equivalent of Jobseeker's Allowance payments to interns.
In September, the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) fell for the third month in a row and is now 3, 500 lower than in June.
The assessments determine whether applicants are entitled to the highest rate of ESA - for those deemed unable to work at all due to sickness or disability - or are considered "fit for work", in which case they are put on jobseeker's allowance instead.
For every full-time vacancy in Scotland there are eight JSA (Jobseeker's Allowance) claimants.
Chancellor George Osborne has proposed a cap of 1% - which is below the expected rise in the cost of living - on increases in most working-age benefits, such as Jobseeker's Allowance and maternity pay, and tax credits for three years from 2013-14.
Anyone barred from claiming ESA would still be able to claim Jobseeker's Allowance if they remained unemployed, said a spokeswoman for the DWP.
During question time in the Lords on 30 November 2011, Lord Lucas asked the government whether it would require interns who work for an organisation for longer than two months to be paid at or above the rate of Jobseeker's Allowance.
The recently introduced Jobseeker's Allowance, with its tough test of a claimant's availability for work, has also led to a sharp fall in benefit claims.
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