Unemployed Persons

HC Deb 24 October 1978 vol 955 cc822-5W

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in respect of both the employment office areas within each Greater London borough and in respect of the area of each London borough the figures of unemployed persons registered in March 1974 September 1974 and September 1978, or the latest available date.

Mr. Golding

The following table gives the numbers of people registered as unemployed in the employment office areas which most closely correspond to the London boroughs. Some employment office areas are substantial components of more than one borough and have been shown more than once. For this reason the figures for the boroughs cannot be added together to give a total for the whole of Greater London.

	Total numbers unemployed
	March	September	September
London Borough and Employment Office Areas	1974	1974	1978
BARKING:
Barking, Becontree, Dagenham	…	1,670	1,622	3,847
BARNET:
Barnet, Finchley, Hendon, Mill Hill (Burnt Oak)	…	1,787	2,082	4,752
BEXLEY:
Bexley, Erith, Sidcup	…	1,369	1,226	3,383
BRENT:
Hendon, Kilburn, Wembley, Willesden	…	1,655	1,984	7,212
BROMLEY:
Beckenham, Bromley, Orpington, Sidcup	…	2,286	2,603	5,544
CAMDEN:
Camden Town, Kings Cross, St. Marylebone	…	3,983	4,261	12,374
CITY OF LONDON:
City	…	33	65	70
CROYDON:
Croydon	…	1,480	1,598	5,356
EALING:
Acton, Ealing, Southall, Willesden	…	2,621	2,719	8,078
ENFIELD:
Enfield, Tottenham, Wood Green	…	2,569	3,180	7,890
GREENWICH:
Deptford, Woolwich	…	2,717	2,633	8,079
HACKNEY:
Hackney, Shoreditch	…	2,662	2,638	7,295
HAMMERSMITH:
Fulham, Hammersmith, Willesden	…	5,227	5,126	12,123
HARINGEY:
Tottenham, Wood Green	…	2,119	2,485	6,278
HARROW:
Harrow	…	839	956	2,602
HAVERING:
Dagenham, Hornchurch, Romford	…	2,414	2,287	5,154
HILLINGDON:
Hayes, Ruislip, Uxbridge	…	955	1,105	2,717
HOUNSLOW:
Chiswick, Feltham, Hounslow	…	894	1,000	2,965
ISLINGTON:
Holloway, Kings Cross	…	2,646	2,948	8,057
KENSINGTON:
Fulham, Hammersmith, Westminster*	…	6,712	6,772	14,480
KINGSTON:
Kingston	…	745	809	1,660
LAMBETH:
Borough, Brixton, Streatham	…	4,577	4,043	10,837
LEWISHAM:
Deptford, Lewisham	…	3,209	3,112	7,528
MERTON:
Mitcham, Wimbledon	…	767	915	2,255
NEWHAM:
Canning Town, East Ham, Stratford	…	2,546	2,318	6,620
REDBRIDGE:
Ilford	…	1,134	1,044	2,019
RICHMOND ON THAMES:
Hammersmith, Kingston, Richmond	…	4,135	4,265	8,258
SOUTHWARK:
Bermondsey, Borough, Camberwell	…	3,091	3,107	8,010
SUTTON:
Croydon, Sutton	…	2,417	2,583	7,561
TOWER HAMLETS:
Poplar, Shoreditch, Stepney, Stratford	…	4,145	3,972	10,001
WALTHAM FOREST:
Leyton and Walthamstow	…	1,839	1,966	4,401
WANDSWORTH:
Clapham Junction, Tooting	…	3,085	3,112	7,334
WESTMINSTER:
City, St. Marylebone, Westminster*	…	4,122	4,405	10,638
* The figures include some Professional and Executive registrants from other areas.

Unemployment statistics are not available for the precise are covered by each London borough.

Mr. Lawson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what was the seasonally adjusted rate of unemployment in each of the first three quarters of the current year, and in the last three-month period for which figures are available, in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Japan, France, Italy and West Germany, using (a) national definitions and (b) United States' definitions;

(2) if he will provide estimates of percentage unemployment rates, adjusted to United States' concepts, for the second quarter of 1978 in each of the following countries: the United Kingdom, the United States of America, France,

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT PERCENTAGE RATES: 1978
	National definitions	United States definitions
	Quarter		Quarter
Country	1	2	3	Last 3-month period	1	2	Last 3-month period
United Kingdom	…	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8‡	6.4¶	6.4¶	6.3¶
United States	…	6.2	5.9	6.0	6.0‡	6.2	5.9	5.9§
Canada	…	8.4	8.6	N.A	8.5§	8.4	8.6	8.5§
Japan	…	2.2	2 .3	N.A	2.3||	2.1	2.3	2.3||
France*	…	5.5	60	6.7	6.7‡	5.1	5.1	5.7§
Germany*	…	5.2	4.1	4.4	4.3‡	3.5	3.4	3.4§
Italy†	…	7.1	6.8	7.5	7.5	3.4	3.4	3.6
Sweden	…						2.3
* Seasonally adjusted rates are not published by France and Germany, but rates on national definitions have been calculated by the Department of Employment expressing the seasonally adjusted levels of unemployment as percentages of the total numbers of employees.
† Seasonally adjusted data on a national basis not available. Italian statistics are compiled in January (Q1), April (Q2) and July (Q3 and latest data).
‡ July to September.
§ June to August.
║ May to July.
¶ Great Britain only. Last 3-months period June to August.
Sources:
National definitions—OECD Economic Indicators and labour attache reports.
United States definitions—United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.