§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest level of unemployment in the Liverpool, Scotland Exchange constituency; and what is the percentage of unemployed.
§ Mr. AlisonThe numbers registered as unemployed are compiled for employment office areas and not for parliamentary constituencies. At 15 July, the provisional number of people registered as unemployed in the Liverpool employment office area, which is larger than the Liverpool, Scotland Exchange constituency, was 21,253.
Percentage rates of unemployment are calculated for complete travel-to-work areas and not for their constituent parts. At 15 July the provisional unemployment rate in the Liverpool travel-to-work area, of which the Liverpool employment office area is a part, was 19.6 per cent.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons have been unemployed in the Liverpool, Scotland Exchange constituency for over one year at the latest date.
§ Mr. AlisonThe numbers registered as unemployed are complied for employment office areas and not for parliamentary constituencies. At April 1982 the number of people registered as unemployed for over 52 weeks in the Liverpool employment office area, which is larger than the Liverpool, Scotland Exchange constituency was 9,350.