§ Mr. SpeedTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the current unemployment and unfilled vacancies figures on his Department's register for the travel-to-work areas of Ashford, Canterbury, Dover and Folkestone, respectively.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. The table shows the number of unfilled vacancies (excluding community programme vacancies) at job-centres covering areas closely corresponding to the Ashford, Canterbury, Dover and Deal and Folkestone travel-to-work areas on 4 March 1988, together with the total number of unemployed claimants in each travel-to-work area on 10 March 1988.
Travel-to-work area Unfilled vacancies Unemployed claimants Ashford 727 2,328 Canterbury 914 3,873 Dover and Deal 590 3,551 Folkestone 529 3,625