§ Mr. Cohenasked the Paymaster General if, pursuant to his answer of 28 January, Official Report, column 277, he will provide similar figures of unemployment in Enfield, North on the basis of the most recent ward boundaries.
§ Mr. LeeThe information requested is not available. The wards used as a basis of the unemployment figures are those used in the 1981 census of population. This enables us to calculate totals for travel-to-work areas, which are defined in terms of 1981 census wards because they reflect commuting patterns revealed by the census. It would be both confusing and expensive to calculate unemployment figures on both the 1981 wards and the most recent ward boundaries.