HC Deb 18 January 1991 vol 183 cc617-8W
Mr. Terry Fields

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the constituencies in Britain with more than 5,000 unemployed; and how long each constituency has been in that position.

Mr. Jackson

The information requested is contained in the following table.

Constituency name Number of unemployed in December 1990 (not seasonally adjusted) Number of months unemployment has been above 5,000
Tottenham 7,599 1
Manchester Central 7,505 1
Liverpool Riverside 7,351 1
Hackney South and Shoreditch 7,322 1
Liverpool Walton 7,084 1
Hackney North and Stoke Newington 6,851 1
Bootle 6,790 1
Vauxhall 6,502 1
Birkenhead 6,432 1
Sunderland North 6,289 1
Nottingham East 6,265 1
Birmingham Small Heath 6,262 1
Sheffield Central 6,168 1
Tyne Bridge 6,161 1
Middlesbrough 6,000 1
Liverpool West Derby 5,972 1
Islington North 5,930 6
Knowsley North 5,910 1
Birmingham Ladywood 5,778 1
Knowsley South 5,698 1
Liverpool Broadgreen 5,680 1
Hornsey and Wood Green 5,594 2
Stretford 5,518 6
Bow and Poplar 5,429 5
Glasgow Springburn 5,401 1
Birmingham Sparkbrook 5,349 6
Bradford West 5,345 5
Lewisham Deptford 5,325 4
Peckham 5,321 2
Kingston-upon-Hull North 5,321 2
Bethnal Green and Stepney 5,249 1
Norwood 5,231 1
Leeds Central 5,171 1

Constituency name Number of unemployed in December 1990 (not seasonally adjusted) Number of months unemployment has been above 5,000
Glasgow Maryhill 5,133 1
Islington South and Finsbury 5,105 1
Isle of Wight 5,097 1
Glasgow Provan 5,056 1
Kingston-upon-Hull West 5,023 1
1 Unemployment has been above 5,000 throughout the period since parliamentary constituency data on unemployment first became available in June 1983.

Mr. Terry Fields

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is the level of youth unemployment in Liverpool:

(2) what is the level of unemployment in Liverpool:

(3) what is the level of long-term unemployment in Liverpool:

Mr. Jackson

The latest available data are given in the table:

Unemployment (not seasonally adjusted) in Liverpool Travel-to-Work-Area
Date Number
Total number of unemployed claimants December 1990 63,743
Number of unemployed claimants who have been unemployed for 12 months or more October 1990 27,596
Number of unemployed claimants aged 18 to 24 years October 1990 20,100