§ Mr. Amessasked the Paymaster General if he will give the number of unemployed people in Basildon for the last month for which he has figures and for each equivalent period in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. TrippierThe following information is in the Library.
The table shows the numbers of unemployed claimants in the Basildon local authority area from March of each year from 1984. Statistics of unemployment for local areas are derived from the ward-based system and are available only from June 1983. The comparison is affected by the change in the timing of the compilation of the count in March 1986.
Number March 1984 8,775 March 1985 9,331 March 1986 8,823 March 1987 8,018
§ Mr. Hannamasked the Paymaster General if he will list the unemployment figures for Exeter for March in each of the years 1975 to 1987.
§ Mr. TrippierThe following information is in the Library.
The table shows the number of unemployed claimants in the Exeter local authority district for March of each year from 1984. This comparison is affected by the change in the timing of the compilation of the count in March 1986. Statistics of unemployment for local authority districts are derived from the ward-based system and are available only from June 1983.
Number March 1984 4,430 March 1985 4,998 March 1986 4,982 March 1987 4,676