§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest unemployment numbers and rate amongst ethnic minorities in the Birmingham travel-to-work area; and how this compares with April 1979.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonAt May 1981, there were 13,861 ethnic minority group workers registered as unemployed in the Birmingham travel-to-work area. The corresponding figure at May 1979 was 5,633. Information is not available for April. There are no employment estimates available for this group of workers and an unemployment rate cannot, therefore, be calculated.