§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish the latest figures available to him of the percentage unemployment rates for each of the 50 regions of the European Community with the worst unemployment rates.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI have been asked to reply.
The latest available comparisons of unemployment rates among regions of the European Community, which
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April 1979–March 1986 April 1986–December 1986 All sales Flats All sales Flats Greater London Council 115,198 11,079 — — City of London 807 761 185 183 Barking and Dagenham 6,043 95 n.a. n.a. Barnet 3,707 815 498 158 Bexley 2,162 104 227 31 Brent 11,313 1182 n.a. n.a. Bromley 4,288 434 561 95 Camden 526 349 113 94 Croydon 4,209 1166 542 59 Ealing 13,997 1417 1144 129 Enfield 3,656 483 400 99 Greenwich 2,349 114 1203 115 Hackney 1561 10 n.a. n.a. Hammersmith and Fulham 1,682 678 233 151 Haringey 1,898 232 327 70 Harrow 1,579 181 191 52 Havering 4,829 307 192 17 Hillingdon 13,599 1238 n.a. n.a. Hounslow 2,285 128 211 48 Islington 1826 1344 n.a. n.a. Kensington and Chelsea 608 382 127 122 Kingston-upon-Thames 1,372 272 107 40 Lambeth 11,045 1220 n.a. n.a. Lewisham 11,986 1170 n.a. n.a. Merton 3,053 337 345 76 Newham 12,794 10 n.a. n.a. Redbridge 12,511 1324 195 78 Richmond-upon-Thames 1,482 334 114 42 Southwark 1,482 377 1138 146 Sutton 1,928 268 229 33 Tower Hamlets 1492 1107 n.a. n.a. Waltham Forest 12,226 1220 n.a. n.a. Wandsworth 8,837 4,913 1,073 867 Westminster 11,395 11,016 338 272 n.a. = Not available. 1 Incomplete total of sales. relate to April 1985, are published in "Basic Statistics of the Community", 24th Edition, which is available in the Library.