§ Mr. MossTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many unemployed persons over the age of 50 years and out of work for more than one year, broken down by sex, are there in the travel-to-work areas of(a)Cambridgeshire, (b) Lincolnshire, (c) Norfolk, (d) Suffolk, (e) Bedfordshire, (f) Northamptonshire and (g) Leicestershire.
§ Mr. LeeThe table shows the number of male and female unemployed claimants aged over 50 years who have been unemployed for one year or more, at 14 January 1988 for the counties requested. Travel-to-work area boundaries are not conterminous with those of counties and a number of travel-to-work areas include parts of more than one county. This information is in the Library.
Unemployed Claimants—14 January 1988 County Unemployed Claimants Male Female Cambridgeshire 1,400 505 Lincolnshire 2,128 734 Norfolk 2,433 1,039 Suffolk 1,498 620 Bedfordshire 1,680 589 Northamptonshire 1,373 668 Leicestershire 3,140 933
§ Mr. BoyesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the rate of change in unemployment levels in the last 12 months in the north-east.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. On 10 March 1988 the number of unemployed claimants in the north-east (counties of Cleveland, Durham, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear) had fallen in the year by 26,700 or nearly 15.3 per cent.
§ Mr. JackTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the percentage fall in unemployment in each of the parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire since August 1984; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. The table shows the number of unemployed claimants at 9 August 1984 and 10 March 1988, together with the percentage change, for each parliamentary constituency in the county of Lancashire. The figures are affected by seasonal factors and the change in the coverage of the count in March 1986.
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Unemployed Claimants Constituency August 1984 March 1988 Percentage change Blackburn 7,843 5,839 -25.6 Blackpool North 4,797 5,087 6.1 Blackpool South 4,707 5,435 15.5 Burnley 5,949 4,283 -28.0 Chorley 4,598 3,358 -27.0 Fylde 2,749 2,428 -11.7 Hyndburn 4,170 3,006 -27.9 Lancaster 3,484 2,722 -21.9 Morecambe and Lundesdale 3,468 3,849 11.0 Pendle 4,597 3,237 -29.6 Preston 7,619 6,085 -20.1 Ribble Valley 2,164 1,546 -28.6 Rossendale and Darwen 4,728 3,352 -29.1 South Ribble 4,626 3,228 -30.2 West Lancashire 7,039 5,565 -20.9 Wyre 3,807 3,138 -17.6