§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will publish figures for unemployment in Southwark and Bermondsey constituency expressed as a percentage of the percentage rate of unemployment in Great Britain for each year since 1983;
(2) which parliamentary constituencies in England had a higher percentage rate of unemployment than Southwark and Bermondsey for each year since 1983.
§ Mr. LeeThe information requested is not available. Unemployment rates are not calculated for areas smaller than travel-to-work areas.
§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many parliamentary constituencies in England have had(a) an increase or (b) a smaller percentage decrease in unemployment than Southwark and Bermondsey over (i) the past three years (ii) the past two years and (iii) the past year.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is available from the Library. On 8 October 1987 the numbers of parliamentary constituencies in England where the unemployment figures show an increase or a smaller percentage decrease in unemployment than the Southwark and Bermondsey constituency over the past three years, two years and one year were 14, 54 and 58 respectively.