§ Mr. BoyesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current level of youth unemployment in the city of Sunderland.
§ Miss Widdecombe[holding answer 28 January 1994]: Claimant unemployment data by age are available quarterly for the months of January, April, July and October and are on the unadjusted basis. On 14 October 1993, the latest date for which figures are available, the number of unemployed claimants under 25 years of age in the Sunderland local authority district was 5,463, 4 per cent. lower than in the same month a year earlier.