§ Mr. David Youngasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people over 50 years of age in the Bolton travel-to-work area are out of work; how this compares with the same period in 1979; and what are the comparable figures for these dates for the North West and Great Britain.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following table gives, for the areas specified, the numbers of people aged 50 years and over registered as unemployed at April 1979 and April 1982, the latest date for which the information is available.
April 1979 April 1982 Bolton travel-to-work area 1,641 3,592 North-West region 41,219 85,115 Great Britain 316,924 624,417