HC Deb 31 October 1986 vol 103 cc286-95W
Mr. Sheerman

asked the Paymaster General if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each constituency in Great Britain the number of unemployed claimants at May 1986 who were aged under 25 years and the proportion of total unemployment they represented.

Mr. Trippier

The following information is in the Library. The table shows the number of unemployed claimants aged under 25 years and the proportion of total unemployment they represent in each constituency of Great Britain at April 1986. (An age analysis of unemployment is not available for May 1986).

Claimants aged under 25-years
Constituency Number Percentage
Luton South 2,202 34.3
Mid Bedfordshire 1,023 32.9
North Bedfordshire 1,680 36.0
North Luton 1,601 35.0
South West Bedfordshire 1,351 33.0
East Berkshire 1,083 31.7

Constituency Number Percentage
Newbury 866 32.1
Reading East 1,529 36.9
Reading West 1,346 38.1
Slough 1,342 28.8
Windsor and Maidenhead 670 26.2
Wokingham 570 27.9
Aylesbury 873 33.0
Beaconsfield 548 30.1
Buckingham 874 30.2
Chesham and Amersham 525 28.8
Milton Keynes 2,271 32.5
Wycombe 933 33.0
Bexhill and Battle 636 29.2
Brighton Kemptown 1,670 34.0
Brighton Pavilion 1,703 34.3
Eastbourne 1,072 31.0
Hastings and Rye 1,797 34.6
Hove 1,458 31.3
Lewes 778 28.5
Wealden 606 30.1
Basildon 2,227 33.7
Billericay 1,089 28.3
Braintree 1,277 34.8
Brentwood and Ongar 727 28.8
Castle Point 1,003 28.4
Chelmsford 1,072 32.9
Epping Forest 1,004 32.7
Harlow 1,629 36.2
Harwich 1,609 32.7
North Colchester 1,623 37.4
Rochford 812 27.3
Saffron Walden 726 30.3
South Colchester and Maldon 1,729 37.1
Southend East 1,618 33.1
Southend West 1,147 31.2
Thurrock 1,871 32.0
Aldershot 1,151 37.8
Basingstoke 1,178 36.5
East Hampshire 823 32.8
Eastleigh 1,416 32.0
Fareham 1,162 34.6
Gosport 1,586 39.4
Havant 1,974 35.8
Isle of Wight 2,515 36.2
New Forest 662 29.1
North West Hampshire 881 35.9
Portsmouth North 1,776 36.6
Portsmouth South 3,038 39.2
Romsey and Waterside 1,173 34.0
Southampton Itchen 2,454 36.6
Southampton Test 2,013 34.8
Winchester 748 34.7
Broxbourne 895 29.4
Hertford and Stortford 699 29.6
Hertsmere 783 28.6
North Hertfordshire 1,158 32.2
South West Hertfordshire 661 28.3
St Albans 789 33.0
Stevenage 1,550 37.9
Watford 1,022 31.7
Welwyn Hatfield 995 33.0
West Hertfordshire 1,088 31.6
Ashford 1,453 36.5
Caterbury 1,453 33.2
Dartford 1,180 32.4
Dover 1,591 34.5
Faversham 1,965 36.2
Folkestone and Hythe 1,725 35.9
Gillingham 1,792 34.7
Gravesham 1,793 35.0
Maidstone 1,381 37.1
Medway 1,878 36.2
Mid Kent 1,664 33.9
North Thanet 1,870 33.4
Sevenoaks 748 30.1
South Thanet 31. 4
Tonbridge and Mailing 971 32.4

Constituency Number Percentage
Tunbridge Wells 900 31.7
Banbury 1,159 34.9
Henley 563 31.1
Oxford East 1,668 40.1
Oxford West and Abingdon 975 33.7
Wantage 715 33.0
Witney 886 32.9
Chertsey and Walton 588 28.1
East Surrey 505 30.7
Epsom and Ewell 578 29.3
Esher 407 27.0
Guildford 677 31.6
Mole Valley 395 26.3
North West Surrey 733 32.7
Reigate 590 28.6
South West Surrey 507 30.1
Spelthorne 668 27.4
Woking 696 28.4
Arundel 1,053 30.8
Chichester 855 32.8
Crawley 818 30.4
Horsham 663 27.9
Mid Sussex 580 28.1
Shoreham 626 26.1
Worthing 863 29.4
Cambridge 1,175 34.0
Huntingdon 1,294 33.8
North East Cambridgeshire 1,630 34.2
Peterborough 3,110 37.5
South East Cambridgeshire 682 32.8
South West Cambridgeshire 885 32.7
Great Yarmouth 2,480 38.0
Mid Norfolk 1,106 32.5
North Norfolk 1,166 31.3
North West Norfolk 1,902 35.9
Norwich North 1,481 36.8
Norwich South 2,411 38.8
South Norfolk 1,012 31.5
South West Norfolk 1,503 33.3
Bury St. Edmunds 1,210 34..3
Central Suffolk 1,118 34.3
Ipswich 1,657 35.9
South Suffolk 1,240 33.9
Suffolk Coastal 862 30.9
Waveney 1,939 33.7
Barking 1,281 31.7
Battersea 2,251 33.5
Beckenham 1,111 33.0
Bethnal Green and Stepney 2,014 25.5
Bexley Heath 745 28.8
Bow and Poplar 2,627 32.0
Brent East 2,330 33.9
Brent North 1,013 31.0
Brent South 2,339 34.7
Brentford and Isleworth 1,267 29.2
Carshalton and Wallington 937 29.7
Chelsea 1,154 28.7
Chingford 863 31.3
Chipping Barnet 625 28.9
Chislehurst 704 30.3
Croydon Central 1,329 36.4
Croydon North East 1,317 33.3
Croydon North West 1,400 34.1
Croydon South 573 27.4
Dagenham 1,389 31.1
Dulwich 1,703 35.4
Ealing North 1,106 28.4
Ealing Acton 1,492 30.5
Ealing Southall 1,980 33.3
Edmonton 1,347 31.5
Eltham 1,334 35.9
Enfield North 1,181 31.8
Enfield Southgate 1,005 34.4
Erith and Crayford 1,406 32.4
Feltham and Heston 1,504 30.6

Constituency Number Percentage
Finchley 961 32.6
Fulham 1,825 32.4
Greenwich 1,775 35.9
Hackney North and Stoke Newington 3,467 35.2
Hackney South and Shoreditch 3,828 35.0
Hammersmith 2,343 31.6
Hampstead and Highgate 1,900 30.2
Harrow East 1,071 29.4
Harrow West 772 28.3
Hayes and Harlington 897 30.2
Hendon North 875 29.6
Hendon South 935 31.6
Holborn and St. Pancras 2,746 30.4
Hornchurch 871 28.2
Hornsey and Wood Green 2,683 34.5
Ilford North 937 31.5
Ilford South 1,443 34.2
Islington North 3,249 33.9
Islington South and Finsbury 2,341 31.4
Kensington 1,746 30.5
Kingston-upon-Thames 765 29.9
Lewisham East 1,873 37.3
Lewisham West 2,130 38.3
Lewisham Deptford 3,190 39.0
Leyton 1,896 34.9
Mitcham and Morden 1,169 31.1
Newham North East 2,012 35.0
Newham North West 2,270 38.3
Newham South 1,999 34.5
Norwood 3,297 37.5
Old Bexley and Sidcup 593 29.1
Orpington 771 31.3
Peckham 3,505 37.6
Putney 1,282 31.6
Ravensbourne 671 31.2
Richmond-upon-Thames and Barnes 774 28.5
Romford 936 31.2
Ruislip—Northwood 387 22.4
Southwark and Bertnondsey 2,615 34.2
Streatham 2,401 36.3
Surbiton 458 29.8
Sutton and Cheam 671 29.1
The City of London and Westminster South 1,291 25.5
Tooting 2,134 36.7
Tottenham 3,752 37.8
Twickenham 623 26.2
Upminster 887 27.6
Uxbridge 835 31.3
Vauxhall 3,874 36.1
Walthamstow 1,370 32.5
Wanstead and Woodford 677 29.9
Westminster North 2,484 29.7
Wimbledon 851 30.4
Woolwich 2,285 35.9
Bath 1,372 36.4
Bristol East 1,664 32.8
Bristol North West 1,641 32.5
Bristol South 2,418 32.8
Bristol West 2,314 34.9
Kingswood 1,208 30.3
Northavon 1,197 34.8
Wansdyke 993 31.5
Weston-super-Mare 1,553 34.8
Woodspring 850 28.2
Falmouth and Camborne 1,995 31.4
North Cornwall 2,034 35.0
South East Cornwall 1,313 32.8
St. Ives 1,710 30.1
Truro 1,657 35.3
Exeter 1,994 39.8
Honiton 1,008 30.7
North Devon 1,365 32.3
Plymouth Devonport 1,936 37.1
Plymouth Drake 2,463 40.7

Constituency Number Percentage
Plymouth Sutton 1,494 37.3
South Hams 1,284 29.9
Teignbridge 1,269 30.9
Tiverton 924 32.6
Torbay 2,293 35.4
Torridge and West Devon 1,278 30.4
Bournemouth East 1,912 34.0
Bournemouth West 1,453 32.8
Christchurch 642 25.9
North Dorset 721 29.4
Poole 1,262 29.7
South Dorset 1,445 36.4
West Dorset 637 30.2
Cheltenham 1,509 34.6
Cirencester and Tewkesbury 979 33.2
Gloucester 1,914 37.4
Stroud 1,233 32.7
West Gloucestershire 1,663 34.3
Bridgwater 1,497 34.3
Somerton and Frome 1,018 33.9
Taunton 1,343 33.4
Wells 1,023 32.3
Yeovil 1,072 33.2
Devizes 1,377 35.6
North Wiltshire 1,192 33.9
Salisbury 1,289 39.1
Swindon 2,564 35.3
Westbury 1,442 36.4
Bromsgrove 1,451 33.3
Hereford 1,528 34.3
Leominster 1,081 30.9
Mid Worcestershire 1,990 32.0
South Worcestershire 1,162 32.3
Worcester 1,516 31.7
Wyre Forest 1,914 35.2
Ludlow 1,231 31.0
North Shropshire 1,510 34.3
Shrewsbury and Atcham 1,537 35.5
The Wrekin 3,334 33.8
Burton 1,863 37.7
Cannock and Burntwood 1,957 35.9
Mid Staffordshire 1,783 39.4
Newcastle-under-Lyme 1,363 32.9
South East Staffordshire 1,862 33.1
South Staffordshire 1,892 35.6
Stafford 1,709 40.2
Staffordshire Moorlands 1,105 32.0
Stoke-on-Trent Central 1,947 34.2
Stoke-on-Trent North 1,795 31.3
Stoke-on-Trent South 1,557 32.8
North Warwickshire 1,733 33.0
Nuneaton 1,706 33.1
Rugby and Kenilworth 1,589 36.0
Stratford-on-Avon 1,089 32.4
Warwick and Leamington 1,637 36.7
Aldridge-Brownhills 1,551 35.7
Birmingham Edgbaston 1,984 36.3
Birmingham Erdington 3,166 37.4
Birmingham Hall Green 2,252 35.5
Birmingham Hodge Hill 2,961 36.6
Birmingham Ladywood 3,959 39.9
Birmingham Northfield 3,084 35.3
Birmingham Perry Barr 3,112 36.6
Birmingham Small Heath 3,912 37.1
Birmingham Sparkbrook 3,492 35.6
Birmingham Yardley 1,925 35.5
Birmingham Selly Oak 2,478 36.4
Coventry North East 3,309 38.1
Coventry North West 1,920 37.0
Coventry South East 2,736 39.6
Coventry South West 1,768 37.5
Dudley East 2,717 32.9
Dudley West 2,215 32.4
Halesowen and Stourbridge 1,543 29.0
Meriden 2,625 35.5
Solihull 1,176 31.3
Sutton Coldfield 1,237 33.1

Constituency Number Percentage
Walsall North 2,785 34.4
Walsall South 2,510 33.9
Warey East 2,634 37.1
Warley West 2,120 34.7
West Bromwich East 2,153 35.4
West Bromwich West 2,375 33.0
Wolverhampton North East 3,270 37.4
Wolverhampton South East 2,588 35.7
Wolverhampton South West 2,332 36.9
Amber Valley 1,403 31.6
Bolsover 1,826 36.1
Chesterfield 2,132 36.3
Erewash 1,782 33.6
Derby North 2,020 38.5
Derby South 3,215 40.6
High Peak 1,421 35.1
North East Derbyshire 1,810 34.7
South Derbyshire 1,509 36.2
West Derbyshire 984 34.6
Blaby 897 31.9
Bosworth 1,072 31.1
Harborough 778 32.0
Leicester East 1,811 32.1
Leicester South 2,545 34.6
Leicester West 2,419 34.3
Loughborough 1,213 35.4
North West Leicestershire 1,130 27.8
Rutland and Melton 1,122 33.9
East Lindsey 2,034 33.5
Gainsborough and Horncastle 1,457 34.9
Grantham 1,620 33.2
Holland with Boston 1,470 33.6
Lincoln 2,622 37.7
Stamford and Spalding 1,124 32.3
Corby 1,866 32.8
Daventry 960 32.3
Kettering 1,049 32.9
Northampton North 1,776 35.1
Northampton South 1,409 33.3
Wellingborough 1,433 34.6
Ashfield 1,712 32.9
Bassetlaw 2,332 39.4
Broxtowe 1,293 32.3
Gedling 1,423 35.8
Mansfield 1,998 37.6
Newark 1,778 37.9
Nottingham East 3,769 38.1
Nottingham North 2,860 39.2
Nottingham South 2,468 37.3
Rushcliffe 1,297 35.2
Sherwood 1,644 37.6
Beverley 1,258 35.0
Booth Ferry 1,663 36.1
Bridlington 1,876 35.4
Brigg and Cleethorpes 2,484 38.8
Glanford and Scunthorpe 2,319 34.2
Great Grimsby 2,828 39.4
Kingston upon Hull East 3,143 38.4
Kingston upon Hull North 3,424 38.7
Kingston upon Hull West 2,992 39.9
Harrogate 1,168 33.9
Richmond 1,391 34.9
Ryedale 1,030 32.1
Scarborough 1,997 37.4
Selby 1,357 38.5
Skipton and Ripon 846 31.2
York 2,532 41.6
Barnsley Central 2,389 36.9
Barnsley East 2,333 37.5
Barnsley West and Penistone 2,211 35.8
Don Valley 2,833 35.3
Doncaster Central 3,064 39.0
Doncaster North 3,554 38.9
Rother Valley 2,286 35.5
Rotherham 2,875 39.7
Sheffield Central 4,281 42.0
Sheffield Attercliffe 2,536 39.7

Constituency Number Percentage
Sheffield Brightside 3,507 42.6
Sheffield Hallam 2,193 44.4
Sheffield Heeley 3,092 41.5
Sheffield Hillsborough 2,377 39.3
Wentworth 2,505 36.7
Batley and Spen 2,000 36.3
Bradford North 2,626 34.3
Bradford South 2,310 36.3
Bradford West 3,147 36.3
Calder Valley 1,386 32.4
Colne Valley 1,470 35.0
Dewsbury 2,132 38.0
Elmet 1,300 34.5
Halifax 2,191 36.3
Hemsworth 2,140 36.1
Huddersfield 2,228 40.5
Keighley 1,316 32.1
Leeds Central 2,868 36.8
Leeds East 2,847 37.0
Leeds North East 1,796 37.2
Leeds North West 1,626 39.1
Leeds West 2,200 36.9
Morley and Leeds South 1,803 36.1
Normanton 1,316 32.4
Pontefract and Castleford 2,405 38.2
Pudsey 1,134 33.4
Shipley 1,189 32.8
Wakefield 2,063 36.2
City of Chester 2,186 38.7
Congleton 1,063 34.8
Crewe and Nantwich 1,827 38.4
Eddisbury 1,905 37.9
Ellesmere Port and Neston 2,485 37.9
Halton 3,326 41.1
Macclesfield 1,110 34.5
Tatton 1,308 36.7
Warrington North 2,827 41.4
Warrington South 2,396 38.9
Altrincham and Sale 1,139 34.5
Ashton-under-Lyne 1,823 35.9
Bolton North East 1,858 33.9
Bolton South East 2,428 36.8
Bolton West 1,877 36.3
Bury North 1,681 36.6
Bury South 1,635 35.6
Cheadle 903 34.1
Davyhulme 1,774 37.1
Denton and Reddish 2,055 34.1
Eccles 2,112 36.4
Hazel Grove 1,183 33.6
Heywood and Middleton 2,071 34.1
Leigh 2,616 41.9
Littleborough and Saddleworth 1,390 35.8
Makerfield 2,607 39.2
Manchester Central 4,453 37.7
Manchester Blackley 2,564 37.8
Manchester Gorton 2,588 36.8
Manchester Withington 2,758 38.9
Manchester Wythenshawe 2,803 40.2
Oldham Central and Royton 2,112 34.3
Oldham West 1,658 35.1
Rochdale 2,224 33.0
Salford East 3,275 36.5
Stalybridge and Hyde 2,042 34.6
Stockport 1,692 35.4
Stretford 3,678 40.1
Wigan 2,946 39.5
Worsley 2,265 36.8
Blackburn 2,702 35.5
Blackpool North 2,148 36.8
Blackpool South 2,355 38.3
Burnley 2,076 34.4
Chorley 1,603 34.1
Fylde 1,110 37.0
Hyndburn 1,478 36.3
Lancaster 1,229 35.1
Morecombe and Lunesdale 1,492 35.9

Constituency Number Percentage
Pendle 1,588 32.7
Preston 2,931 37.7
Ribble Valley 786 36.4
Rossendale and Darwen 1,615 33.7
South Ribble 1,616 35.9
West Lancashire 2,762 38.1
Wyre 1,326 31.7
Brikenhead 3,640 35.7
Bootle 4,229 37.4
Crosby 1,995 36.1
Knowsley North 3,806 38.9
Knowsley South 4,252 41.0
Liverpool Broadgreen 3,333 37.9
Liverpool Garsten 3,294 40.6
Liverpool Mossley Hill 2,882 37.8
Liverpool Riverside 4,559 38.1
Liverpool Walton 3,973 36.5
Liverpool West Derby 3,872 39.6
Southport 1,777 35.3
St. Helens North 2,543 36.8
St Helens South 2,937 37.6
Wallesey 2,773 36.5
Wirral South 1,391 33.5
Wirral West 1,497 33.2
Barrow and Furness 1,628 39.1
Carlisle 1,689 39.3
Copeland 1,615 37.3
Penrith and the Borders 1,273 36.2
Westmorland and Lonsdale 798 35.1
Workington 1,538 33.6
Hartlepool 3,276 35.0
Langbaurgh 2,955 36.2
Middlesbrough 4,336 39.2
Redcar 3,474 39.3
Stockton North 3,334 35.7
Stockton South 2,875 37.2
Bishop Auckland 2,665 35.5
City of Durham 1,720 37.4
Darlington 2,231 36.4
Easington 2,284 37.4
North Durham 2,631 36.6
North West Durham 2,071 32.9
Sedgefield 1,912 37.1
Berwick-upon-Tweed 1,251 35.4
Blyth Valley 1,696 32.3
Hexam 866 34.7
Wansbeck 1,773 35.3
Blaydon 1,809 35.1
Gateshead East 2,683 36.5
Houghton and Washington 2,964 34.5
Jarrow 2,693 32.5
Newcastlc-upon-Tyne Central 2,372 39.3
Newcastle-upon-Tyne East 2,653 34.8
Ncwcastle-upon-Tyne North 2,637 38.5
South Shields 2,661 34.3
Sunderland North 3,989 34.8
Sunderland South 3,204 36.4
Tyne Bridge 3,792 38.5
Tynemouth 2,387 35.1
Wallsend 3,063 35.0
Alyn and Deeside 1,601 34.9
Clwyd North West 2,134 38.0
Clwyd South West 1,414 37.0
Delyn 1,811 32.9
Wrexham 1,776 36.0
Carmarthen 1,331 33.6
Ceredigion and Pembroke North 1,390 32.8
Llanelli 1,798 36.1
Pembroke 2,552 33.9
Blaenau Gwent 2,211 38.0
Islwyn 1,581 36.2
Monmouth 1,296 35.7
Newport East 1,930 37.5
Newport West 2,216 38.4
Torfaen 2,227 38.5
Caernarfon 1,300 32.7
Conwy 1,495 37.6

Constituency Number Percentage
Meirionnydd nant Conwy 740 34.3
Ynys Mon 1,880 36.5
Bridgend 1,430 34.2
Caerphilly 2,459 39.2
Cynon Valley 1,718 37.5
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 2,510 43.8
Ogmore 1,798 34.9
Pontypridd 1,991 40.0
Rhondda 2,426 43.6
Brecon and Radnor 926 34.6
Montgomery 643 30.5
Cardiff Central 2,570 39.9
Cardiff North 917 34.3
Cardiff South and Penarth 2,066 35.4
Cardiff West 2,247 36.2
Vale of Glamorgan 1,979 36.8
Aberavon 1,872 39.5
Gower 1,405 38.1
Neath 1,643 37.1
Swansea East 2,269 37.3
Swansea West 2,401 38.8
Roxburgh and Berwickshire 630 32.5
Tweeddale, Etterick and Lauderdale 600 34.3
Clackmannan 1,732 37.4
Falkirk East 2,067 37.7
Falkirk West 1,856 38.4
Stirling 1,818 43.1
Dumfries 1,586 39.1
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 1,415 36.7
Central Fife 2,120 35.4
Dunfermline East 1,936 37.9
Dunfermline West 1,517 40.5
Kirkcaldy 1,768 34.[...]
North East Fife 923 35.9
Aberdeen North 1,539 39.0
Aberdeen South 1,155 34.9
Banff and Buchan 1,154 34.3
Gordon 788 33.7
Kincardine and Deeside 747 36.1
Moray 1,577 38.2
Caithness and Sunderland 767 34.0
Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber 2,058 33.0
Ross, Cromarty and Skye 1,520 31.8
East Lothian 1,464 36.8
Edinburgh Central 2,082 40.6
Edinburgh East 1,877 40.0
Edinburgh Leith 2,664 39.7
Edinburgh Pentlands 1,437 39.3
Edinburgh South 1,715 42.2
Edinburgh West 920 37.1
Linlithgow 2,099 35.5
Livingston 2,009 38.6
Midlothian 1,519 34.9
Argyll and Bute 1,196 32.5
Ayr 1,797 35.5
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 2,325 34.4
Clydebank and Milngavie 1,748 37.6
Clydesdale 1,913 38.8
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1,912 39.8
Cunninghame North 2,068 37.6
Cunninghame South 2,363 36.8
Dumbarton 2,335 39.4
East Kilbride 1,881 37.5
Eastwood 1,304 38.3
Glasgow Cathcart 1,711 38.9
Glasgow Central 2,641 35.9
Glasgow Garscadden 2,578 41.2
Glasgow Goven 2,292 36.9
Glasgow Hillhead 2,170 40.0
Glasgow Maryhill 3,201 40.2
Glasgow Pollock 3,239 42.1
Glasgow Provan 3,964 43.9
Glasgow Rutherglen 2,575 37.1
Glasgow Shettleston 2,419 37.4
Glasgow Springburn 3,441 39.3

Constituency Number Percentage
Greenock and Port Glasgow 3,184 36.0
Hamilton 2,644 40.3
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 2,160 37.8
Monklands East 2,680 43.0
Monklands West 2,182 43.1
Motherwell North 2,719 42.3
Motherwell South 2,245 41.0
Paisley North 2,019 35.5
Paisley South 2,201 39.0
Renfrew West and Inverclyde 1,392 37.2
Strathkelvin and Bearsden 1,443 38.7
Angus East 1,647 40.1
Dundee East 3,014 37.5
Dundee West 2,527 38.2
North Tayside 1,032 35.2
Perth and Kinross 1,464 36.6
Orkney and Shetland 501 32.0
Western Isles 531 29.0

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