§ Mr. Cohenasked the Paymaster General if he will give a detailed breakdown by ward of the latest unemployment figures for (a) Kensington and (b) Leyton; and what percentage the figures in each ward and the totals represent of the total population in each constituency.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. The only source of information on the population in Parliamentary constituencies is the decennial census of population. The 1981 census identified populations of 68,097 and 78,430 respectively, present on census night in the Kensington and Leyton constituencies. Estimates of the current population are not available. The table shows the numbers of unemployed claimants on 11 December 1986 in each of the electoral wards in the Kensington and Leyton constituencies, together with the percentages and figures present of the total population resident in 1981 in each constituency.
Kensington constituency Electoral wards Number of unemployed claimants Percentage of population in 1981 Avondale 747 1.1 Campden 239 0.4 Colville 934 1.4 Golborne 885 1.3
South East Region North West Region Number of claimants Unemployment percentage rate Number of claimants Unemployment percentage rate 1976 277,300 3.4 169,900 5.6 1977 291,800 3.5 176,600 5.8 1978 265,600 3.2 174,400 5.7 1979 226,600 2.7 165,600 5.4 1980 284,100 3.3 214,900 7.0 1981 492,500 5.7 324,800 10.7 1982 598,200 7.0 374,800 12.5 1983 666,000 7.7 408,000 13.6 1984 710,500 8.0 422,100 13.9 1985 747,500 8.2 430,800 13.9 1986 768,200 8.5 432,900 14.0
§ Mrs. Ann Wintertonasked the Paymaster General what information he has concerning the numbers and percentages of the work force in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available who have been employed in (a) manufacturing industry and (b) service industries in (i) the north-west region and (ii) the south-east region.
§ Mrs. Ann Wintertonasked the Paymaster General how many people have been employed in total in the north-west region in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; what percentage of the total work force in that region this figure represents; and how it compares with the figures in the south-east region in each of those years.
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Kensington constituency Electoral wards Number of unemployed claimants Percentage of population in 1981 Holland 448 0.7 Kelfield 454 0.7 Norland 209 0.3 Pembridge 521 0.8 Queen's Gate 377 0.6 St. Charles 582 0.9 TOTAL 5,396 7.9
Leyton constituency Electoral wards Number of unemployed claimants Percentage of population in 1981 Cann Hall 692 0.9 Cathall 985 1.3 Forest 711 0.9 Grove Green 635 0.8 Lea Bridge 594 0.8 Leyton 947 1.2 Leytonstone 815 1.0 TOTAL 5,379 6.9
§ Mrs. Ann Wintertonasked the Paymaster General what information he has concerning the numbers of people unemployed in (a) the north-west region and (b) the south-east region in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what percentage of the total work force in each of those regions these figures represent in each of those years.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. The table gives annual averages of the numbers of unemployed claimants excluding school leavers, adjusted for discontinuities, together with the corresponding unemployment rates calculated as a percentage of the working population for the south-east and north-west regions for each year since 1976.
§ Mr. LeeThe tables give, for north-west region and south-east region, the civilian employed labour force (which is the sum of employees in employment 'and the self-employed), and the numbers of employees in employment in the industries specified at June each year from 1976 to 1986. These figures are also expressed as a percentage of the civilian working population (which is the sum of the civilian employed labour force and the unemployed) in each region. Estimates of the total numbers employed, broken down by industry within region, are not available as the self-employed statistics are not analysed in this way.
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Table 1 Employment in North-West Region Thousand Civilian employed of which: labour force
Employees in employment June each year
Total Manufacturing industries
Service industries
1976 2,847 999 1,421 1977 2,850 999 1,431 1978 2,860 991 1,444 1979 2,890 971 1,487 1980 2,860 931 1,493 1981 2,683 810 1,451 1982 2,592 744 1,434 1983 2,526 694 1,421 1984 2,547 669 1,436 1985 2,551 656 1,448 1986 2,542 634 1,454
Table 2 Employment in North- West Region Civilian employed labour force as a
percentage of the
civilian working
population
of which: Employees in employment as a percentage of the civilian working
population
June each year
pre cent. Manufacturing industries
per cent.
Service industries
per cent.
1976 94 33 47 1977 94 33 47 1978 94 32 47 1979 94 32 48 1980 93 30 48 1981 89 27 48 1982 87 25 48 1983 86 24 48 1984 86 23 48 1985 85 22 48 1986 85 21 49
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Table 3 Employment in South-East Region Thousand Civilian employed of which: labour force
Employees in employment June each year
Total Manufacturing industries
Service industries
1976 7,878 1,855 4,836 1977 7,841 1,860 4,828 1978 7,945 1,864 4,907 1979 8,124 1,871 5,043 1980 8,166 1,820 5,102 1981 7,963 1,684 5,038 1982 7,861 1,604 5,027 1983 7,812 1,533 5,053 1984 8,040 1,483 5,211 1985 8,187 1,448 5,360 1986 8,297 1,395 5,488
Table 4 Employment in South-East Region Civilian employed labour force as a
percentage of the
civilian working
population
of which: Employees in employment as a percentage of the civilian working
population
June each year
per cent. Manufacturing industries
per cent.
Service industries
per cent.
1976 96 23 59 1977 96 23 59 1978 97 23 60 1979 97 22 60 1980 97 22 60 1981 94 20 59 1982 93 19 59 1983 92 18 59 1984 92 17 60 1985 92 16 60 1986 91 15 61