§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the present number of people registered as unemployed in the following London boroughs: Merton, Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonPrecise information for London boroughs is not available. The following table gives the provisional numbers of people registered as unemployed at 9 April in the employment office areas which correspond most closely to the London boroughs specified.
February 1980 March 1980 Area Industry Number of jobs being supported Number of jobs supported as a percentage of all employees (employed and unemployed)* Number of jobs being supported Number of jobs supported as a percentage of all employees (employed and unemployed)* Textile and Clothing Industry† (Great Britain) 9,279 1.0‡ 7,129 0.8‡ Macclesfield (All industries) 147 0.5 284 1.0 Congleton (All industries) 169 0. 3 169 0.3 North West Region (All industries) 3,317 0.1 3,377 0.1 * Does not include members of Her Majesty's Forces or the self-employed. † Includes footwear. ‡ Includes footwear, leather, leather goods and fur. The number of jobs shown as being supported in February and March 1980 is not strictly comparable with
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Number Merton (Mitcham and Wimbledon employment office areas) 3,902 Lambeth (Brixton, Streatham, Stockwell and West Norwood employment office areas) 12,837 Southwark(Bermondsey, Borough and Camberwell employment office areas) 13,298 Lewisham(Lewisham and Deptford employment office areas) 11,224