HC Deb 27 November 1984 vol 68 cc439-40W
Mr. Winnick

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in order the 60 parliamentary constituencies in England where the rate of unemployment is highest, indicating in each case the percentage of the total work force unemployed; and if he will state the percentage increase in each constituency which has taken place since such constituency analysis first became available.

Mr. Alan Clark

Unemployment rates for parliamentary constituencies are not available. Information on the changes in unemployment by constituencies since June 1983 is available in the House of Commons Library.

Mr. Freud

asked the Secretary of State for Employmment whether he will list in the Official Report the number of people currently unemployed in north-east Cambridgeshire; what percentage of the working

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
Establishments inspected by visit 34,807 34,657 24,399 23,272 16,226
Establishments inspected by other methods 18,014 15,337 13,494 16,242 16,226
Total 52,821 49,994 37,893 39,514 42,558

population this represents; and how many have been unemployed (a) for three months or more and (b) for over one year.

Mr. Alan Clark

Unemployment totals for parliamentary constituencies are now available in the House of Commons Library. Unemployment rates are available only for travel-to-work areas and for counties. Information on the duration of claimant unemployed in parliamentary constituencies will become available next year.