§ Mr. LeighTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the parliamentary constituencies on which the number of people out of work and claiming benefit declined by 20 per cent. and over between August 1984 and August 1988 including in the data for each constituency the total for(a) August 1984, (b) August 1988 and (c) the percentage reductions.
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§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. The table shows the parliamentary constituencies in Great Britain where the number of unemployed claimants has fallen by 20 per cent. or more between August 1984 and
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Parliamentary constituencies with a fall in Unemployed of 20 per cent. And more August 1984 and August 1988 Parliamentary constituency Unemployed claimants August 1984 August 1988 Change Percentage change Birmingham Hodge Hill 7,725 6,172 -1,553 -20.10 Carlisle 3,750 2,992 -758 20.21 Holborn and St. Pancras 8,592 6,853 -1,739 -20.24 Walthamstow 3,881 3,091 -790 -20.36 Easington 5,875 4,678 -1,197 -20.37 Islwyn 3,581 2,849 -732 -20.44 Monklands West 4,957 3,941 -1,016 -20.50 Islington North 8,790 6,985 -1,805 -20.53 Glasgow Rutherglen 7,018 5,572 -1,446 -20.60 Dumfries 3,804 3,018 -786 -20.66 Fulham 5,192 4,118 -1,074 -20.69 Ayr 4,862 3,847 -1,015 -20.88 Newark 4,089 3,235 -854 -20.89 Edinburgh East 4,718 3,729 -989 -20.96 Liverpool Riverside 12,138 9,589 -2,549 -21.00 Birkenhead 9,430 7,447 -1,983 -21.03 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central 6,068 4,788 -1,280 -21.09 Brent North 3,131 2,470 -661 -21.11 Monklands East 6,081 4,796 -1,285 -21.13 Brent South 6,569 5,179 -1,390 -21.16 Elmet 3,235 2,549 -686 -21.21 Bow and Poplar 8,206 6,464 -1,742 -21.23 Birmingham Small Heath 10,472 8,240 -2,232 -21.31 South Derbyshire 4,012 3,156 -856 -21.34 Derby North 5,140 4,043 -1,097 -21.34 Sunderland South 8,740 6,873 -1,867 -21.36 Greenwich 4,423 3,478 -945 -21.37 South East Cornwall 3,328 2,614 -714 -21.45 Torridge and West Devon 3,467 2,719 -748 -21.57 Falmouth and Camborne 5,250 4,113 -1,137 -21.66 Cardiff Central 6,155 4,819 -1,336 -21.71 Tynemouth 6,122 4,791 -1,331 -21.74 Houghton and Washington 7,826 6,124 -1,702 -21.75 Edinburgh West 2,537 1,985 -552 -21.76 Darlington 5,969 4,665 -1,304 -21.85 Dumbarton 5,957 4,652 -1,305 -21.91 Streatham 6,194 4,832 -1,362 -21.99 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 5,764 4,496 -1,268 -22.00 Cunninghame South 6,253 4,877 -1,376 -22.01 Isle of Wight 5,105 3,963 -1,142 -22.37 Blaydon 4,954 3,843 -1,111 -22.43 Manchester Central 11,694 9,069 -2,625 -22.45 Roxburgh and Berwickshire 1,797 1,393 -404 -22.48 Bradford North 7,450 5,775 -1,675 -22.48 Sunderland North 11,025 8,516 -2,509 -22.76 Liverpool Garston 7,884 6,085 -1,799 -22.82 Wallsend 7,676 5,924 -1,752 -22.82 Newham North West 5,417 4,175 -1,242 -22.93 Leeds North East 4,666 3,589 -1,077 -23.08 Ealing Acton 4,488 3,452 -1,036 -23.08 Gainsborough and Horncastle 3,731 2,865 -866 -23.21 Crosby 5,525 4,239 -1,286 -23.28 Ross, Cromarty and Skye 4,450 3,412 -1,038 -23.33 Wirral West 4,444 3,407 -1,037 -23.33 Copeland 3,974 3,046 -928 -23.35 Chingford 2,510 1,923 -587 -23.39 Pontypridd 4,670 3,575 -1,095 -23.45 Enfield Southgate 2,689 2,058 -631 -23.53 Paisley South 5,639 4,312 -1,327 -23.47 Derby South 7,724 5,906 -1,818 -23.54 Stretford 9,112 6,967 -2,145 -23.54 Weston-Super-Mare 3,792 2,897 -895 -23.60 Waveney 4,724 3,602 -1,122 -23.75 Dundee East 8,212 6,251 -1,961 -23.88 Clwyd South West 3,511 2,667 -844 -24.04 Harrow East 3,533 2,682 -851 -24.09 Penrith and the Borders 2,882 2,186 -696 -24.15 Meirionnydd nant Conwy 1,605 1,217 -388 -24.17 Enfield North 3,343 2,529 -814 -24.35 Birmingham Edgbaston 5,475 4,141 -1,334 -24.37 Norwood 8,205 6,199 -2,006 -24.45 August 1988 together with the number of unemployed in each constituency at the requested dates The figures are affected by the change in compilation of the count in March 1986 to reduce over-recording.
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Parliamentary constituency Unemployed claimant August 1984 August 1988 Change Percentage change Dundee West 6,787 5,126 -1,661 -24.47 Leeds East 7,122 5,379 -1,743 -24.47 Newcastle-upon-Tyne North 6,311 4,766 -1,545 -24.48 Cardiff West 6,023 4,548 -1,475 -24.49 Hamilton 6,639 5,011 -1,628 -24.52 Bolton South East 6,657 5,022 -1,635 -24.56 Stockton South 7,356 5,549 -1,807 -24.56 Bootle 11,071 8,351 -2,720 -24.57 Blackpool South 4,707 3,549 -1,158 -24.60 City of Chester 5,471 4,123 -1,348 -24.64 Liverpool West Derby 9,667 7,285 -2,382 -24.64 Oldham Central and Royton 6,115 4,608 -1,507 -24.64 Glasgow Provan 9,176 6,914 -2,262 -24.65 Wolverhampton North East 8,435 6,355 -2,080 -24.66 Blackpool North 4,797 3,613 -1,184 -24.68 Newham South 5,451 4,099 -1,352 -24.80 Southport 4,572 3,438 -1,134 -24.80 Motherwell North 6,483 4,872 -1,611 -24.85 Crewe and Nantwich 4,563 3,427 -1,136 -24.90 Swansea West 5,964 4,478 -1,486 -24.92 Bradford West 8,717 6,544 -2,173 -24.93 Lancaster 3,484 2,614 -870 -24.97 Bolton North East 5,548 4,156 -1,392 -25.09 Makerfield 5,979 4,477 -1,502 -25.12 Ryedale 2,716 2,032 -684 -25.18 Ashton-under-Lyne 4,787 3,580 -1,207 -25.21 Bridgwater 3,592 2,685 -907 -25.25 Rochdale 6,518 4,872 -1,646 -25.25 Lewisham East 4,469 3,340 -1,129 -25.26 Leeds West 5,498 4,109 -1,389 -25.26 Jarrow 7,443 5,560 -1,883 -25.30 Colne Valley 3,962 2,959 -1,003 -25.32 Newport West 5,178 3,863 -1,315 -25.40 St. Helens South 7,655 5,697 -1,958 -25.58 Brigg and Cleethorpes 5,915 4,396 -1,519 -25.68 Hendon North 2,706 2,011 -695 -25.68 Eltham 3,423 2,539 -884 -25.83 Bolton West 5,090 3,768 -1,322 -25.97 Beverley 3,399 2,514 -885 -26.04 Rhondda 5,164 3,814 -1,350 -26.14 Llanelli 4,585 3,382 -1,203 -26.24 Warrington South 6,016 4,437 -1,579 -26.25 Oldham West 4,504 3,321 -1,183 -26.27 Eccles 5,508 4,061 -1,447 -26.27 Birmingham Northfield 8,500 6,265 -2,235 -26.29 Birmingham Selly Oak 6,554 4,830 -1,724 -26.30 Birmingham Sparkbrook 9,431 6,948 -2,483 -26.33 North Devon 3,531 2,601 -930 -26.34 Falkirk East 4,910 3,615 -1,295 -26.37 North West Leicestershire 3,597 2,647 -950 -26.41 Grantham 4,100 3,017 -1,083 -26.41 Blaenau Gwent 5,406 3,978 -1,428 -26.42 Brecon and Radnor 2,360 1,735 -625 -26.48 Bristol East 4,653 3,420 -1,233 -26.50 Wyre 3,807 2,796 -1,011 -26.56 North Cornwall 3,808 2,795 -1,013 -26.60 Southampton Itchen 5,796 4,254 -1,542 -26.60 North Durham 6,798 4,987 -1,811 -26.64 Broxtowe 3,596 2,638 -958 -26.64 Ogmore 4,396 3,212 -1,184 -26.93 Vale of Glamorgan 4,800 3,504 -1,296 -27.00 Torfaen 5,208 3,800 -1,408 -27.04 Hampstead and Highgate 6,249 4,558 -1,691 -27.06 Birmingham Ladywood 10,298 7,507 -2,791 -27.10 Sedgefield 4,714 3,436 -1,278 -27.11 Dewsbury 4,894 3,567 -1,327 -27.11 Knowsley North 9,860 7,173 -2,687 -27.25 Dulwich 4,702 3,415 -1,287 -27.37 St. Helens North 6,772 4,917 -1,855 -27.39 High Peak 3,810 2,762 -1,048 -27.51 Cardiff North 2,643 1,916 -727 -27.51 Motherwell South 5,670 4,108 -1,562 -27.55 Yeovil 2,715 1,967 -748 -27.55 Keighley 3,947 2,859 -1,088 -27.57 South Hams 3,587 2,598 -989 -27.57 Norwich South 5,605 4,059 -1,546 -27.58 Wolverhampton South East 7,053 5,106 -1,947 -27.61
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Parliamentary constituency Unemployed claimant August 1984 August 1988 Change Percentage change Westmorland and Lonsdale 1,936 1,400 -536 -27.69 Stalybridge and Hyde 5,785 4,178 -1.607 -27.78 Redcar 8,927 6,441 -2,486 -27.85 Neath 4,235 3,052 -1,183 -27.93 Livingston 5,172 3,725 -1,447 -27.98 Fylde 2,749 1,978 -771 -28.05 Birmingham Perry Barr 8,366 6,017 -2,349 -28.08 Rushcliffe 3,752 2,698 -1,054 -28.09 North Thanet 4,529 3,254 -1,275 -28.15 Falkirk West 4,389 3,152 -1,237 -28.18 Wells 2,657 1,907 -750 -28.23 Torbay 4,880 3,502 -1,378 -28.24 Booth Ferry 3,981 2,843 -1,138 -28.59 Croydon North West 3,777 2,697 -1,080 -28.59 Skipton and Ripon 2,437 1,740 -697 -28.60 Brighton Pavilion 4,751 3,387 -1,364 -28.71 Stafford 3,800 2,709 -1,091 -28.71 Burton 4,485 3,192 -1,293 -28.83 Langbaurgh 8,168 5,813 -2,355 -28.83 Blackburn 7,843 5,580 -2,263 -28.85 Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 5,564 3,956 -1,608 -28.90 Worsley 5,979 4,250 -1,729 -28.92 Linlithgow 5,494 3,905 -1,589 -28.92 Birmingham Erdington 8,297 5,897 -2,400 -28.93 Stockton North 9,094 6,462 -2,632 -28.94 Canterbury 3,601 2,558 -1,043 -28.96 Middlesbrough 10,959 7,781 -3,178 -29.00 Kingston-upon-Hull East 7,566 5,369 -2,197 -29.04 South Staffordshire 5,149 3,653 -1,496 -29.05 Dover 3,597 2,551 -1,046 -29.08 Ealing North 3,716 2,635 -1,081 -29.09 Wirral South 4,210 2,983 -1,227 -29.14 West Bromwich West 7,031 4,979 -2,052 -29.19 Preston 7,619 5,395 -2,224 -29.19 Ribble Valley 2,164 1,532 -632 -29.21 Manchester Wythenshawe 6,785 4,803 -1,982 -29.21 Cardiff South and Penarth 5,697 4,031 -1,666 -29.24 Ilford South 3,971 2,805 -1,166 -29.36 West Bromwich East 6,141 4,335 -1,806 -29.41 Orpington 2,132 1,503 -629 -29.50 Hendon South 2,837 1,999 -838 -29.54 Huddersfield 5,603 3,945 -1,658 -29.59 Montgomery 1,996 1,404 -592 -29.66 Calder Valley 4,131 2,905 -1,226 -29.68 Birmingham Hall Green 5,963 4,193 -1,770 -29.68 Kingswood 3,600 2,528 -1,072 -29.78 Littleborough and Saddleworth 3,681 2,584 -1,097 -29.80 Batley and Spen 4,928 3,459 -1,469 -29.81 Monmouth 3,231 2,266 -965 -29.87 Norwich North 3,539 2,481 -1,058 -29.90 Croydon North East 3,638 2,550 -1,088 -29.91 Meriden 7,137 4,999 -2,138 -29.96 Knowsley South 10,214 7,151 -3,063 -29.99 Harrow West 2,630 1,840 -790 -30.04 Kensington 5,352 3,741 -1,611 -30.10 Salford East 8,910 6,217 -2,693 -30.22 Bristol South 7,061 4,923 -2,138 -30.28 Gateshead East 7,306 5,092 -2,214 -30.30 Portsmouth South 6,902 4,810 -2,092 -30.31 Halton 8,118 5,657 -2,461 -30.32 Mid Staffordshire 4,016 2,798 -1,218 -30.33 Ilford North 2,681 1,867 -814 -30.36 Richmond 3,632 2,529 -1,103 -30.37 Swansea East 5,901 4,107 -1,794 -30.40 Hartlepool 9,596 6,678 -2,918 -30.41 West Lancashire 7,039 4,896 -2,143 -30.44 Caerphilly 5,560 3,866 -1,694 -30.47 Birmingham Yardley 5,244 3,645 -1,599 -30.49 Holland with Boston 3,482 2,419 -1,063 -30.53 Baling Southall 5,891 4,091 -1,800 -30.56 Battersea 6,591 4,576 -2,015 -30.57 Leeds North West 4,426 3,068 -1,358 -30.68 Halifax 5,665 3,926 -1,739 -30.70 Brighton Kemptown 4,687 3,245 -1,442 -30.77 Hyndburn 4,170 2,884 -1,286 -30.84 Taunton 3,651 2,525 -1,126 -30.84 Newcastle-under-Lyme 4,325 2,991 -1,334 -30.84
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Parliamentary constituency Unemployed claimant August 1984 August 1988 Change Percentage change Heywood and Middleton 5,955 4,118 -1,837 -30.85 Woodspring 2,946 2,035 -911 -30.92 Folkestone and Hythe 4,039 2,790 -1,249 -30.92 Bromsgrove 4,122 2,847 -1,275 -30.93 North West Durham 5,964 4,117 -1,847 -30.97 Dudley East 8,010 5,521 -2,489 -31.07 Mitcham and Morden 3,377 2,327 -1,050 -31.09 Finchley 2,884 1,979 -905 -31.38 Erewash 4,995 3,427 -1,568 -31.39 Moreley and Leeds South 4,627 3,172 -1,455 -31.45 Halesowen and Stourbridge 4,921 3,373 -1,548 -31.46 Harwich 4,091 2,798 -1,293 -31.61 Denton and Reddish 5,689 3,887 -1,802 -31.68 Bradford South 6,122 4,180 -1,942 -31.72 Hexham 2,407 1,641 -766 -31.82 Wansdyke 2,903 1,979 -924 -31.83 Sutton Coldfield 3,720 2,532 -1,188 -31.94 Southampton Test 5,268 3,584 -1,684 -31.97 Coventry South East 6,893 4,689 -2,204 -31.97 Bridgend 4,023 2,734 -1,289 -32.04 Old Bexley and Sidcup 1,786 1,211 -575 -32.19 Tooting 5,634 3,819 -1,815 -32.22 Coventry North East 8,745 5,922 -2,823 -32.28 Tiverton 2,698 1,827 -871 -32.28 Cannock and Burntwood 5,366 3,633 -1,733 -32.30 Harrogate 3,037 2,056 -981 -32.30 Bexleyheath 2,249 1,521 -729 -32.37 Burnley 5,949 4,019 -1,930 -32.44 Workington 4,557 3,078 -1,479 -32.46 Bristol North West 4,982 3,363 -1,619 32.50 Bury South 4,622 3,117 -1,505 -32.56 Westbury 3,376 2,273 -1,103 -32.67 Chislehurst 2,142 1,439 -703 -32.82 Honiton 2,861 1,922 -939 -32.82 Eddisbury 5,028 3,369 -1,659 -33.00 Dorset West 1,857 1,243 -614 -33.06 Gosport 3,559 2,380 -1,179 -33.13 Walsall South 7,491 5,007 -2,484 -33.16 Chorley 4,598 3,071 -1,527 -33.21 Warley West 5,833 3,885 -1,948 -33.40 Pendle 4,597 3,060 -1,537 -33.43 Gower 3,720 2,476 -1,244 -33.44 Warwickshire North 5,091 3,387 -1,704 -33.47 Walsall North 7,895 5,249 -2,646 -33.51 Ipswich 4,074 2,707 -1,367 -33.55 Coventry North West 5,119 3,399 -1,720 -33.60 Dorset South 3,133 2,079 -1,054 -33.64 Bristol West 7,657 4,874 -2,473 -33.66 Solihull 3,657 2,419 -1,238 -33.85 Shipley 3,592 2,376 -1,216 -33.85 Stoke-on-Trent North 5,617 3,713 -1,904 -33.90 Ellesmere Port and Neston 6,366 4,208 -2,158 -33.90 Newport East 5,055 3,339 -1,716 -33.95 Bath 3,817 2,517 -1,300 -34.06 Brentford and Isleworth 4,165 2,742 -1,423 -34.17 Exeter 4,728 3,108 -1,620 -34.26 Pudsey 3,202 2,093 -1,109 -34.63 Eastbourne 2,788 1,822 -966 -34.65 Wanstead and Woodford 2,199 1,436 -763 -34.70 Leicester West 7,299 4,753 -2,546 -34.88 Luton South 6,238 4,058 -2,180 -34.95 Warwick and Leamington 4,459 2,899 -1,560 -34.99 Broxbourne 2,729 1,774 -955 -34.99 Warrington North 6,556 4,258 -2,298 -35.05 Peterborough 7,480 4,857 -2,623 -35.07 Erith and Crayford 3,943 2,560 -1,383 -35.07 Bury North 4,447 2,886 -1,561 -35.10 Cheltenham 4,381 2,839 -1,542 -35.20 Stoke-on-Trent South 4,872 3,155 -1,717 -35.24 Shrewsbury and Atcham 4,085 2,640 -1,445 -35.37 South Norfolk 2,743 1,771 -972 -35.44 North Shropshire 4,209 2,717 -1,492 -35.45 Bury St Edmunds 2,960 1,910 -1,050 -35.47 Rossendale and Darwen 4,728 3,050 -1,678 -35.49 South East Staffordshire 5,463 3,521 -1,942 -35.55 Altrincham and Sale 3,354 2,160 -1,194 -35.60 Tatton 3,660 2,357 -1,303 -35.60
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Parliamentary constituency Unemployed claimants August 1984 August 1988 Change Percentage change Stockport 4,845 3,115 -1,730 -35.71 Gloucester 4,968 3,190 -1,778 -35.79 North West Norfolk 4,416 2,832 -1,584 -35.87 South Thanet 4,143 2,656 -1,487 -35.89 Feltham and Heston 4,679 2,986 -1,693 -36.18 Westminster North 8,557 5,458 -3,099 -36.22 South Ribble 4,626 2,950 -1,676 -36.23 Chipping Barnet 2,168 1,382 -786 -36.25 Hayes and Harlington 2,796 1,781 -1,015 -36.30 Hove 4,187 2,667 -1,520 -36.30 Eastleigh 3,674 2,338 -1,336 -36.36 Leicester South 7,612 4,843 -2,769 -36.38 Northavon 3,459 2,200 -1,259 -36.40 Coventry South West 5,006 3,177 -1,829 -36.54 Chelsea 4,113 2,602 -1,511 -36.74 Romsey and Waterside 3,197 2,022 -1,175 -36.75 Wrexham 5,000 3,152 -1,848 -36.96 Stoke-on-Trent Central 5,909 3,722 -2,187 -37.01 Hereford 4,158 2,619 -1,539 -37.01 Loughborough 3,709 2,336 -1,373 -37.02 Warley East 7,171 4,514 -2,657 -37.05 Norfolk North 3,072 1,931 -1,141 -37.14 Beckenham 3,088 1,940 -1,148 -37.18 Nuneaton 5,462 3,431 -2,031 -37.18 Aldridge-Brownhills 4,276 2,686 -1,590 -37.18 Delyn 4,886 3,066 -1,820 -37.25 Somerton and Frome 2,598 1,623 -975 -37.53 Faversham 5,068 3,166 -1,902 -37.53 Richmond-upon-Thames and Barnes 2,675 1,671 -1,004 -37.53 Fareham 3,021 1,887 -1,134 -37.54 Twickenham 2,307 1,440 -867 -37.58 Putney 3,969 2,466 -1,503 -37.87 Hazel Grove 3,630 2,252 -1,378 -37.96 Epping Forest 2,816 1,746 -1,070 -38.00 Teignbridge 3,373 2,091 -1,282 -38.01 Davyhulme 4,937 3,047 -1,890 -38.28 Leicester East 5,919 3,649 -2,270 -38.35 South Worcestershire 3,396 2,092 -1,304 -38.40 Kingston-upon-Thames 2,408 1,482 -926 -38.46 Swindon 5,873 3,612 -2,261 -38.50 Dudley West 6,716 4,125 -2,591 -38.58 Rugby and Kenilworth 4,512 2,770 -1,742 -38.61 Glanford and Scunthorpe 6,966 4,269 -2,697 -38.72 Lewes 2,468 1,509 -959 -38.86 Barking 4,042 2,471 -1,571 -38.87 North East Cambridgeshire 4,255 2,596 -1,659 -38.99 Ravensbourne 2,017 1,225 -792 -39.27 North Wiltshire 3,518 2,133 -1,385 -39.37 Portsmouth North 4,534 2,741 -1,793 -39.55 Macclesfield 3,400 2,055 -1,345 -39.56 Dartford 3,454 2,087 -1,367 -39.58 Mid Worcestershire 6,016 3,634 -2,382 -39.59 New Forest 2,249 1,358 -891 -39.62 Northampton South 4,032 2,429 -1,603 -39.76 Bishop Auckland 7,166 4,299 -2,867 -40.01 East Hampshire 2,419 1,449 -970 -40.10 Alyn and Deeside 4,694 2,811 -1,883 -40.12 Wyre Forest 5,135 3,067 -2,068 -40.27 Gravesham 4,984 2,976 -2,008 -40.29 The Wrekin 9,589 5,724 -3,865 -40.31 Bexhill and Battle 1,774 1,057 -717 -40.42 Havant 4,918 2,928 -1,990 -40.46 Stroud 3,743 2,223 -1,520 -40.61 Congleton 3,322 1,968 -1,354 -40.76 Croydon South 2,023 1,197 -826 -40.83 Watford 3,235 1,911 -1,324 -40.93 North Luton 4,332 2,558 -1,774 -40.95 Chelmsford 3,035 1,786 -1,249 -41.15 Ashford 3,396 1,996 -1,400 -41.22 South West Norfolk 3,844 2,259 -1,585 -41.23 Staffordshire Moorlands 3,608 2,116 -1,492 -41.35 Suffolk Coastal 2,452 1,437 -1,015 -41.39 Shoreham 2,053 1,202 -851 -41.45 Romford 2,776 1,623 -1,153 -41.53 Cheadle 2,921 1,707 -1,214 -41.56 Aberavon 4,762 2,780 -1,982 -41.62 Sutton and Cheam 2,029 1,183 -846 -41.70
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Parliamentary constituency Unemployed claimant August 1984 August 1988 Change Percentage change Daventry 2,713 1,579 -1,134 -41.80 Winchester 2,057 1,197 -860 -41.81 Cambridge 3,554 2,067 -1,487 -41.84 Salisbury 3,208 1,865 -1,343 -41.86 Central Suffolk 3,097 1,789 -1,299 -41.94 Rutland and Melton 3,473 2,016 -1,457 -41.95 Devizes 3,310 1,921 -1,389 -41.96 Croydon Central 3,609 2,091 -1,518 -42.06 Hertsmere 2,595 1,502 -1,093 -42.12 Worthing 2,539 1,469 -1,070 -42.14 Wellingborough 4,111 2,369 -1,742 -42.37 Worcester 5,030 2,894 -2,136 -42.47 The City of London and Westminster South 5,423 3,120 -2,303 -42.47 Carshalton and Wellington 2,899 1,665 -1,234 -42.57 Thurrock 5,822 3,343 -2,479 -42.58 Leominster 3,192 1,817 -1,375 -43.08 Uxbridge 2,625 1,494 -1,131 -43.09 North Colchester 4,129 2,345 -1,784 -43.21 Blaby 2,915 1,653 -1,262 -43.29 Oxford East 4,025 2,282 -1,743 -43.30 Stamford and Spalding 3,325 1,878 -1,447 -43.52 Bournemouth West 3,896 2,197 -1,699 -43.61 South Suffolk 3,281 1,850 -1,431 -43.61 Epsom and Ewell 1,901 1,071 -830 43.66 Bournemouth East 4,951 2,784 -2,167 -43.77 Wimbledon 2,894 1,622 -1,272 -43.95 Cirencester and Tewkesbury 2,976 1,666 -1,310 -44.02 Beaconsfield 1,700 951 -749 -44.06 South West Cambridgeshire 2,500 1,397 -1,103 -44.12 Bosworth 3,557 1,987 -1,570 -44.14 Ludlow 3,722 2,076 -1,646 -44.22 Mid Bedfordshire 2,756 1,536 -1,220 -44.27 Stratford-on-Avon 3,314 1,844 -1,470 -44.36 St Albans 2,462 1,368 -1,094 -44.44 Hastings and Rye 4,259 2,361 -1,898 -44.56 Upminster 3,029 1,678 -1,351 -44.60 Southend East 4,675 2,586 -2,089 -44.68 Huntingdon 3,511 1,938 -1,573 -44.80 North Bedfordshire 4,573 2,515 -2,058 -45.00 North Dorset 2,181 1,199 -982 -45.03 Slough 4,629 2,544 -2,085 -45.04 West Gloucestershire 4,609 2,531 -2,078 -45.09 Harborough 2,566 1,404 -1,162 -45.28 South East Cambridgeshire 1,892 1,032 -860 -45.45 Northampton North 4,789 2,609 -2,180 -45.52 Poole 3,702 2,011 -1,691 -45.68 Ruislip—Northwood 1,779 966 -813 -45.70 Mid Norfolk 2,989 1,622 -1,367 -45.73 Wycombe 2,932 1,586 -1,346 -45.91 Surbiton 1,554 840 -714 -45.95 Buckingham 2,561 1,375 -1,186 -46.31 Dagenham 4,311 2,305 -2,006 -46.53 Arundel 2,786 1,488 -1,298 -46.59 Kettering 3,308 1,759 -1,549 -46.83 Christchurch 2,254 1,197 -1,057 -46.89 Hertford and Shortford 2,093 1,111 -982 -46.92 Aldershot 2,971 1,571 -1,400 -47.12 Hornchurch 3,047 1,592 -1,455 -47.75 South Colchester and Maldon 4,240 2,214 -2,026 -47.78 East Berkshire 3,196 1,666 -1,530 -47.87 Harlow 4,426 2,304 -2,122 -47.94 Wokingham 1,970 1,025 -945 -47.97 Basildon 6,712 3,453 -3,259 -48.55 Sevenoaks 2,416 1,241 -1,175 -48.63 Banbury 3,263 1,668 -1,595 -48.88 Welwyn Hatfield 3,123 1,595 -1,528 -48.93 Windsor and Maidenhead 2,612 1,330 -1,282 -49.08 Woking 2,387 1,213 -1,174 -49.18 South West Hertfordshire 2,530 1,285 -1,245 -49.21 Southend West 3,590 1,823 -1,767 -49.22 Milton Keynes 6,750 3,423 -3,327 -49.29 North Hertfordshire 3,573 1,792 -1,781 -49.85 Oxford West and Abingdon 3,152 1,580 -1,572 -49.87 Billericay 3,882 1,941 -1,941 -50.00 Rochford 2,828 1,413 -1,415 -50.04 Chesham and Amersham 1,742 868 -874 -50.17 Esher 1,563 774 -789 -50.48
Parliamentary constituency Unemployed claimant August 1984 August 1988 Change Percentage change Mid Kent 4,837 2,391 -2,446 -50.57 Tonbridge and Malling 2,678 1,318 -1,360 -50.78 Maidstone 3,525 1,731 -1,794 -50.89 East Surrey 1,625 791 -834 -51.32 Reading East 3,923 1,908 -2,015 -51.36 Chichester 2,278 1,107 -1,171 -51.40 Crawley 2,485 1,207 -1,278 -51.43 South West Surrey 1,661 804 -857 -51.60 Braintree 3,283 1,583 -1,700 -51.78 Brentwood and Ongar 2,438 1,175 -1,263 -51.80 Spelthorne 2,328 1,121 -1,207 -51.85 Guildford 2,097 1,008 -1,089 -51.93 Medway 5,264 2,517 -2,747 -52.18 South West Bedfordshire 3,766 1,795 -1,971 -52.34 Wealdon 1,907 908 -999 -52.39 Castle Point 3,430 1,630 -1,800 -52.48 Newbury 2,650 1,257 -1,393 -52.57 Mid Sussex 1,991 941 -1,050 -52.74 Gillingham 5,479 2,568 -2,911 -53.13 Saffron Walden 2,382 1,116 -1,266 -53.15 Stevenage 4,059 1,896 -2,163 -53.29 West Hertfordshire 3,594 1,670 -1,924 -53.53 Mole Valley 1,726 796 -930 -53.88 Chertsey and Walton 2,099 963 -1,136 -54.12 Reigate 2,023 927 -1,096 -54.18 Aylesbury 2,741 1,248 -1,493 -54.47 North West Surrey 2,356 1,058 -1,298 -55.09 Reading West 3,334 1,496 -1,838 -55.13 North West Hampshire 2,361 1,046 -1,315 -55.70 Witney 2,646 1,126 -1,520 -57.45 Tunbridge Wells 2,519 1,069 -1,450 -57.56 Basingstoke 3,250 1,369 -1,881 -57.88 Corby 5,914 2,444 -3,470 -58.67 Henley 2,020 819 -1,201 -59.46 Horsham 2,180 881 -1,299 -59.59 Wantage 2,391 949 -1,442 -60.31
§ Mr. FryTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give current figures for the number of unemployed persons aged between 50 and 59 years old inclusive;(a) in absolute figures and (b) as percentage of the total of that age group; and if he will break this figure down by length of unemployment of: (i) six to 12 months, (ii) 12 to 18 months, (iii) 18 to 24 months, (iv) 24 to 36 months, (v) 36 months to 48 months, (vi) 48 to 60 months, and (vii) over five years.
§ Mr. LeeThe table shows the number of unemployed claimants aged between 50 and 59 years inclusive, in the United Kingdom in July 1988, the latest available date, for the durations requested.
An unemployment rate expressed as a percentage of the work force aged 50 to 59 inclusive is not readily available, but I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible with the information. The latest published unemployment rates for July 1988 for the closest age groups were 6.9 per cent. of the work force among those aged 45 to 54 inclusive, and 11.7 per cent. among those aged 55 to 59.
Number of unemployed claimants aged 50–59 years inclusive by duration Duration Unemployed Claimants 6–12 months 54,323 12–18 months 35,615 18–24 months 30,054 24–36 months 50,659 36–48 months 38,106 48–60 months 32,604 60 months and over 95,199 All durations 336,560