§ Mr. CummingsTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have been unemployed for more than one year in the Peterlee and Seaham areas.
§ Mr. LeeOn 8 October 1987, the numbers of unemployed claimants in the local authority wards1 which most closely correspond to the Peterlee and Seaham areas, who were unemployed for one year or more were 1,426 and 873 respectively.
1 Note—The wards which cover Peterlee are Shadforth, Acre Rigg, Blackhalls, Dene House, Easington Colliery, Easington Village, Eden Hill, Haswell, Hordern North, Hordern South, Howletch, Passfield, Shotton, South Hetton. The wards which cover Seaham are Dawdon, Deneside, High Colliery, Murton East, Murton West, Park, Seaham, South.