§ 97. Mr. AmessTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the latest figures for the number of people currently unemployed in the constituency of Basildon, and for the corresponding period in each of the last four years.
§ Mr. LeeThe table shows the number of unemployed claimants in the parliamentary constituency of Basildon in December of each year since 1984. The comparison is affected by the change in the compilation of the unemployment statistics in March 1986.
Number December 1984 6,913 December 1985 6,400 December 1986 6,165 December 1987 4,549