Unemployment (London) (Hansard, 5 March 2004)

§ Simon Hughes

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the rate of unemployment in(a) Greater London and (b) each London borough was in each year since 1997. [158406]

Unemployment rate¹ in Greater London and London boroughs: 12 month period ending February each year
Percentage
	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02
Greater London	9.1	7.9	7.3	6.9	6.6
Barking and Dagenham	9.6	10.2	²—	5.9	6.4
Barnet	6.6	5.4	5.6	5.9	4.9
Bexley	5.4	7.0	7.3	²—	²—
Brent	12.6	11.2	7.5	9.2	9.4
Bromley	4.5	5.5	3.8	3.7	3.9
Camden	²—	7.9	6.5	6.4	8.2
City of London	²—	²—	²—	²—	²—
Croydon	6.1	5.8	6.8	5.3	5.7
Ealing	9.5	6.4	7.7	7.3	6.3
Enfield	4.9	7.2	7.5	5.5	6.4
Greenwich	13.4	10.6	7.4	9.8	7.4
Hackney	21.5	14.8	13.8	16.4	12.2
Hammersmith and Fulham	9.1	²—	8.5	²—	6.4
Haringey	13.6	12.2	9.8	12.7	10.4
Harrow	5.7	5.3	6.0	5.0	²—
Havering	5.2	²—	²—	²—	²—
Hillingdon	5.1	²—	5.4	²—	4.1
Hounslow	6.7	²—	²—	²—	5.6
Islington	14.0	12.0	11.8	9.4	9.3
Kensington and Chelsea	²—	10.2	10.3	7.5	6.1
Kingston-upon-Thames	²—	²—	²—	4.4	4.8
Lambeth	14.8	7.6	9.1	9.6	7.0
Lewisham	11.6	8.3	10.7	6.9	10.3
Merton	6.6	7.1	²—	6.1	²—
Newham	15.3	16.7	14.3	13.5	11.7
Redbridge	10.5	8.6	5.0	7.4	6.8
Richmond-upon-Thames	6.5	²—	²—	²—	²—
Southwark	16.8	13.4	12.2	12.1	10.7
Sutton	²—	²—	²—	²—	5.1
Tower Hamlets	19.7	13.8	9.4	11.8	12.3
Waltham Forest	10.6	9.3	7.7	5.7	6.9
Wandsworth	7.2	5.0	4.8	5.7	6.3
Westminster, City of	9.7	10.9	7.0	8.6	6.1
¹ The number unemployed as a percentage of the economically active population aged 16 and over.
² LFS sample of unemployed people too small for reliable estimate.
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey.