HC Deb 18 June 1996 vol 279 cc388-9W
Mr. Ainger

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what were the unemployment rates in November 1995 in the constituencies of(a) Bassetlaw, (b) Rotherham, (c) Barnsley, Central, (d) Barnsley, East, (e) Donacaster and (f) Easington; [32756]

(2) what were the unemployment rates in February in the (a) Newcastle upon Tyne, East and (b) Wallsend constituencies. [32757]

Mrs. Angela Knight

[holding answer 13 June 1996]: Information on percentage rates of claimant unemployment is not available by parliamentary constituency. However, information on numbers of people claimant unemployed are published in "Labour Market Trends", and on the Nomis database, available in the House of Commons Library.