HC Deb 20 December 1982 vol 34 c341W
Mr. Leighton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are (a) employed and (b) unemployed in the travel-to-work areas within the London Docklands Development Corporation's area of operation.

Mr. Alison

At June 1978, the latest date for which employment estimates for local areas are available, the number of employees in employment in the jobcentre areas* approximating to the London Docklands Development Corporation area was 288,300.

At November 1982, the number of unemployed claimants in the area was 45,338.

* Bermondsey, East Ham, Deptford, Plaistow, Poplar, Stepney, Stratford and Woolwich.