HC Deb 26 February 1993 vol 219 c737W
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy to use unemployment statistics from December in each year when making assessments associated with his Department's review of assisted area status in Wales.

Mr. David Hunt

Because seasonal factors have differing effects in travel-to-work areas, the unemployment statistics used in the review of assisted areas are annual averages.