§ Mrs. Peacockasked the Paymaster General if he will detail, ward by ward, the unemployment figures in Kirklees district for 1979 and 1983; and if he will give the latest figures.
§ Mr. LeeFollowing is the available information, which is also in the Library. The table shows the numbers of unemployed claimants in the electoral wards of the Kirklees local authority district for June 1983 and January 1987. the comparison is affected by seasonal factors and changes in the method of collection and compilation of the data. Statistics of unemployment for electoral wards are derived from the ward-based system and are available only from June 1983.
Electoral ward 9 June 1983 8 January 1987 Kirklees No. 1 1,149 1,282 Kirklees No. 2 977 1,084 Kirklees No. 3 1,184 1,218 Kirklees No. 4 760 600 Kirklees No. 5 729 670 Kirklees No. 6 1,194 941 Kirklees No. 7 936 972 Kirklees No. 8 1,228 1,227 Kirklees No. 9 940 1,010 Kirklees No. 10 926 969 Kirklees No. 11 1,095 1,120 Kirklees No. 12 911 1,050 Kirklees No. 13 709 781 Kirklees No. 14 1,027 1,128 Kirklees No. 15 806 889 Kirklees No. 16 563 637 Kirklees No. 17 872 908 Kirklees No. 18 601 516 Kirklees No. 19 399 360 Kirklees No. 20 382 497 Kirklees No. 21 530 545 Kirklees No. 22 471 448 Kirklees No. 23 633 651 Kirklees No. 24 602 608