HC Deb 14 March 1990 vol 169 cc257-9W
Mr. Nellist

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the number of employees, broken down into full-timers and part-timers who are(a) under 18 years, (b) 18 years and over and (c) 21 years old and over in the following standard industrial classifications (i) zero to nine, (ii) one to five, (iii) two to four, (iv) six to nine, (v) zero, (vi) 43, (vii) 45, (viii) 6, (ix) 64 and 65 and their subgroups, (x) 66 and its subgroups, (xi) eight, (xii) 91, (xiii) 92, (xiv) 93, (xv) 95, (xvi) 96, (xvii) 97 and (xviii) 98.

Mr. Nicholls

Preliminary results from the 1989 labour force survey, as requested, are shown in the table.

Mr. Nichols

The information in the following table is available from the Library and is affected by seasonal influences, changes to the count, and a redefinition of travel-to-work areas.

"Narrow-based" unadjusted unemployment rates in Ashford travel-to-work area1: January each year
Ashford Jobcentre based TTWA Ashford ward based TTWA
Percentage rate Percentage rate
1980 4.5
1981 8.5
1982 12.0
1983 11.9
1984 11.3 10.6
1985 11.7
1986 12.2
1987 11.2
1988 7.9
1989 4.9
1990 4.2
1 The definition of travel-to-work areas changed in 1984. Earlier data are given for the old Ashford travel-to-work area.

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