§ Mr. Leightonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the figures for the number of unemployed in Newham for 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 and the number in each year who were under the age of 25 years and the number each year who had been continuously unemployed for 12 months or more.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following table gives, for the East Ham, Plaistow and Stratford jobcentre areas, which correspond closely to Newham, the total number of registered unemployed, together with the number who462W were aged under 25 years and the number who had been unemployed for more than 52 weeks. The figures relate to October in each of the years specified.
Registered unemployed Total of which aged under 25 years unemployed for more than 52 weeks October 1978 6,241 2,328 1,401 October 1979 5,582 2,060 1,184 October 1980 9,216 3,827 1,181 October 1981 14,463 6,191 3,121 October 1982 16,038 6,556 5,494