§ Mr. Parryasked the Paymaster General what was the level of unemployment in (a) the Liverpool travel-to-work area and (b) the Merseyside special development area in the construction industry both numerically and as a percentage at the latest available date; and what were the figures in June 1979.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following information is in the Library. As a result of the change to a claimant-based unemployment count in 1982, detailed statistics of unemployment by industry are no longer collected. The table shows figures for May 1982, the last date on which such information was collected, and for May 1979 (statistics for June 1979 are not available). They relate to unemployed registrants whose last employment had been
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§ Mr. Peter BottomleyStatistics about compliance with wages orders are not collected for areas smaller than wages inspectorate divisions. For the Yorkshire and Humberside division, the information requested is given in the following tables. Final figures for 1985 are not yet available.
in the construction industry in the Liverpool travel-to-work area and Merseyside special development area as defined at that time.
May 1979 May 1982 Liverpool TTWA: Construction workers registered as unemployed 7,137 12,782 Percentage of total unemployed 12.5 14.5 Merseyside SDA: Construction workers registered as unemployed 10,405 19,112 Percentage of total unemployed 12.9 14.3
§ Mr. Parryasked the Paymaster General what was the level of unemployment in the Liverpool, Riverside constituency at the latest available date both in figures and as a percentage.
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§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following information is in the Library. On 12 December 1985 the number of unemployed claimants in the Liverpool, Riverside parliamentary constituency was 12,078. Unemployment rates are not calculated for areas smaller than travel-to-work areas.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Paymaster General what was the level of unemployment in (a) the Liverpool travel-to-work area and (b) the Merseyside special development area at the latest date both in figures and as a percentage.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkOn 12 December 1985, the number of unemployed claimants in the Liverpool travel-to-work area was 105,461, which corresponds to an unemployment rate of 20.9 per cent. Special development areas were abolished in November 1984. The travel-to-work areas in the Merseyside area with development status, Liverpool, Wirral and Chester, Wigan and St. Helens, and Widnes and Runcorn, had in total 191,589 unemployed claimants on 12 December 1985, an unemployment rate of 19.9 per cent.