§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of(a) male and (b) female unemployment in the constituency of Basildon; and what were the figures for each quarter since 1983.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. The table shows the total number of male and female unemployed claimants in the Basildon parliamentary constituency quarterly from July 1983 to April 1988, together with figures for June 1988 (the latest available date). Unemployment statistics for constituencies are available only from June 1983.
Number of unemployed claimants—Basildon parliamentary constituency Male Female 1983 July 4,451 1,697 October 4,484 1,888 1984 January 4,822 2,012 April 4,623 1,964 July 4,815 1,988 October 4,926 2,046 1985 January 5,125 2,148 April 4,978 2,092 July 4,722 1,969 October 4,583 1,909 1986 January 4,793 2,000 April1 4,657 1,957 July 4,432 1,882 October 4,277 1,882 1987 January 4,508 1,929 April 4,120 1,804 July 3,651 1,625 October 3,316 1,561 1988 January 3,163 1,563 April 2,818 1,376 June 2,431 1,275 480W
1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 Expenditure on social science and humanities research £ million 4.8 6.7 7.4 14.9 19.9 —as a percentage of total departmental expenditure 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.6 —as a percentage of total R and D expenditure 40.0 43.5 46.0 73.3 76.8 Expenditure on social science and humanities research undertaken: —within Department £ million 1.0 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.5 —by universities and polytechnics £ million 2.1 1.8 2.6 5.6 9.9 —by industrial research associations and non-industrial research institutes £ million 1.0 2.1 1.2 3.0 1.6 1 The figures are affected by the change in the coverage of the count in March 1986.