§ Mr. Raceasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many perons were registered as unemployed in May 1979 and the most recent month for which figures are available for the following local offices of his Department: Barking, Battersea, Beckenham and Penge, Bermondsey, Bexley, Borough, Brentford and Chiswick, Brixton A, Brixton B, Bromley, Camberwell, Camden Town, Canning Town, Croydon, Dagenham, Deptford and Greenwich, Ealing, East Ham, Eltham, Enfield and Ponders End, Erith, Feltham, Finchley, Barnet, Fulham,
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Jobcentre area Registered unemployed Unemployed claimants May 1979 October 1982 October 1982 January 1983 Acton 880 2,137 2,245 2,408 Balham 1,819 4,390 3,892 4,093 Barking 1,346 3,419 3,770 3,998 Barnet 738 2,463 1,836 1,886 Beckenham and Penge 1,087 2,702 2,968 3,149 Becontree 442 1,558 1,343 1,468 Bermondsey 986 2,624 2,963 3,178 Bexley 1,083 4,619 2,350 2,305 Borough 2,873 6,864 5,133 5,403 Brixton *6,218 9,495 8,299 8,173 Bromley 1,166 4,045 2,282 2,373 Burnt Oak (Mill Hill) 1,253 3,767 1,878 1,932 Camberwell 3,856 10,597 9,223 9,437 Camden Town 3,409 10,115 10,136 10,663 Chiswick (Brentford and Chiswick) 790 2,139 1,937 2,109 City of London 60 202 397 405 Clapham Junction (Battersea) 2,990 8,132 8,721 8,944 Croydon 4,112 13,241 12,925 13,469 Dagenham 1,452 4,279 4,630 4,724 Deptford and Greenwich 2,441 6,463 5,553 5,636 Ealing 2,185 6,358 6,994 7,035 East Ham 1,469 5,243 5,354 5,675 Eltham † 2,538 1,932 1,919 Enfield (Enfield and Ponders End) 1,234 4,707 3,573 3,672 Erith 818 2,077 3,214 3,291 Feltham 477 2,204 1,904 2,070 Finchley 1,038 3,227 2,784 2,887 Fulham 3,422 9,075 5,669 6,056 Golders Green (Hendon) 765 2,471 4,204 4,345 Hackney 4,495 14,696 14,349 14,801 Hainault 590 1,599 2,826 2,913 Hammersmith 5,189 13,411 11,914 12,679 Harrow 2,077 6,782 5,660 5,781 Hayes 608 2,724 2,533 2,686 Holloway 5,405 13,340 10,473 10,975 Hornchurch 839 2,901 2,937 3,064 Hotel and Catering Trades 1,135 1,951 ‡ ‡ Hounslow 1,320 5,351 4,408 4,568 Ilford 1,725 4,177 4,906 4,985 Kilburn 1,468 3,735 3,912 4,181 Kings Cross 2,502 6,662 3,668 3,860 Kingston on Thames 1,371 4,126 3,744 4,078 Lewisham 3,428 11,763 9,814 10,059 Mitcham 411 1,535 2,191 2,350 Orpington 1,360 3,319 2,438 2,608 Plaistow (Canning Town) 1,993 4,931 4,108 4,299 Hackney A, Hackney B, Hainault, Hammersmith, Harrow, Hayes, Hendon, Holloway, Hornchurch, Hornsey, Hounslow, Ilford, Kings Cross, Kingston on Thames, Lewisham, Leyton and Walthamstow, Mill Hill, Orpington, Poplar, Richmond, Romford, Ruislip, St. Marylebone, Shoreditch, Sidcup, Southall, Stepney, Stratford, Streatham, Sutton, Tooting A, Tooting B, Tottenham A, Tottenham B, Tottenham C, Uxbridge, Wembley, Westminster, Willesden A, Willesden B, Wimbledon, Wood Green (North Circular), Wood Green (Station Road) and Woolwich.
§ Mr. Alison[pursuant to his reply, 21 February, c. 324]: The following table shows, for each jobcentre area in Greater London, the number of registered unemployed—the old basis of the count—at May 1979 and October 1982; and the number of unemployed claimants—the new basis of the count—at October 1982 and January 1983. The difference between the two October figures would not be applicable in other months. The new basis of the count represents the number of unemployed people who live in the jobcentre area rather than the number registered there. There will therefore be some "transfer" of figures between neighbouring areas.
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Jobcentre area Registered unemployed Unemployed claimants May 1979 October 1982 October 1982 January 1983 Poplar 2,792 7,001 5,586 5,983 Richmond 832 2,690 1,699 1,802 Romford 1,760 5,402 4,691 4,872 Ruislip 590 2,093 1,671 1,766 Shoreditch 1,535 5,313 4,868 5,064 Sidcup †820 1,608 3,050 3,121 Southall 1,602 5,459 4,374 4,541 St. Marylebone 4,899 12,195 8,158 8,484 Stepney 2,811 5,811 5,226 5,404 Stockwell * 5,136 5,593 5,808 Stratford 1,946 5,864 6,935 7,469 Streatham ║1,243 5,167 3,506 3,569 Sutton 1,877 5,121 3,665 3,844 Tooting 889 2,696 1,657 1,737 Tottenham 2,818 8,492 9,619 9,926 Twickenham 578 2,076 2,113 2,356 Uxbridge 920 2,861 2,200 2,272 Walthamstow/Leytonstone (Leyton) 4,164 11,972 10,635 10,959 Wembley 1,278 5,097 3,577 3,580 West Drayton 159 811 908 978 Westminster ¶4,719 ¶9,346 3,294 3,331 West Norwood ║ 1,431 1,916 2,033 Willesden 1,771 6,914 5,841 6,064 Wimbledon 1,362 4,486 3,483 3,634 Wood Green—includes Hornsey 2,388 9,943 9,962 9,959 Woolwich †3,972 9,916 9,316 9,723 * Brixton included Stockwell at May 1979. † Eltham was part of Sidcup and Woolwich at May 1979. ‡ Separate statistics no longer available; figures are allocated to the jobcentre areas in which the claimants live. ║ Streatham included West Norwood at May 1979. ¶ The figures included some professional and executive registrants from other areas; they are now allocated to the jobcentre areas in which they live. Note:
The names in brackets are the former names of the jobcentres.