§ Mr. HainTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will take account of the level of economically inactive adult males when determining assisted area status; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. SainsburyThe consultation paper for the assisted areas map review jointly issued by the Welsh and Scottish Offices and my Department in June last year set out the criteria for designation. This stated that statistical measures of unemployment would be the major components in the review. A number of other factors to be taken into account was also listed in the paper. These included activity rates.