Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many unemployed claimants in the Walthamstow-Leyton area are women; and what has been the trend in the proportion of women unemployed in that area over the past five years.
Mr. Alan ClarkPercentage rates of unemployment are not calculated for local areas within Greater London and it is not possible, therefore, to show the trend in the proportion of women unemployed in the area specified. The following table gives the available information for the numbers of unemployed females in the Walthamstow jobcentre area, which includes Leyton, for October each year from 1978.
Registered unemployed females October 1978 1,005 October 1979 999 October 1980 1,861 October 1981 2,482 October 1982 3,608
Unemployed female claimants October 1982 2,785 October 1983 3,250