§ Mr. HaywardTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Kingswood,Official Report, 12 January, column 783, if he will provide similar information on the percentage fall in unemployment correct for the year to December 1989.
§ Mr. NichollsThe table shows the 20 parliamentary constituencies which have experienced the largest percentage falls in unemployment over the year to December 1989. The figures are not seasonally adjusted.
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Percentage change in the number of unemployed over the year to December 1989 Constituency name Percentage Westmorland and Lonsdale -42.7 Montgomery -42.7 South Derbyshire -38.8 Stoke-on-Trent North -38.2 North Wiltshire -38.1 Ceredigion and Pembroke North -38.0 Harrow West -37.6 Mid Staffordshire -37.1 Kincardine and Deeside -36.3 Old Bexley and Sidcup -36.3 Clwyd South West -35.9 Aberdeen South -35.7 Harrow East -35.7 Stratford-on-Avon -35.3 Nuneaton -35.2 Amber Valley -34.8
Constituency name Percentage North West Leicestershire -34.4 North Shropshire -34.3 South Worcestershire -34.3 Sutton Coldfield -34.1