§ Mr. LeeTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the percentage unemployment changes in all Lancashire travel-to-work areas as between mid-1987 and the latest available date.
Mr. JacksonThe information is available in the Library. Percentage changes in unemployment between June 1987 and September 1990 for all the travel-to-work areas covering the county of Lancashire were:
Travel to work area Percentage change1 Blackpool -56.6 Settle -56.0 Pendle -51.1 Lancaster and Morecambe -47.3 Wigan and St. Helens -44.8 Clitheroe -44.5 Bolton and Bury -44.2 Burnley -43.1 Preston -42.4 Accrington and Rossendale -42.0 Blackburn -39.4 Rochdale -38.2 Liverpool -34.6 1 Unadjusted unemployment. The comparison is affected by seasonal influences as well as by the changes in the coverage of the count that have occurred over the period.