HC Deb 28 January 1994 vol 236 cc404-5W
Mr. Leighton

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of those aged(a) 16 to 18 years, (b) 18 and 19 years and (c) 16 to 24 years unemployed in the London borough of Newham; what percentages they are of the cohort; how many people under the age of 25 years in the London borough of Newham have never worked; and what percentage of those aged 16 years in the London borough of Newham (i) stayed on at school, (ii) went into jobs or (iii) went into youth training.

Miss Widdecombe

In October 1993 unadjusted claimant unemployment in the London borough of Newham stood at 259 16 to 18-year-olds, 575 18 and 19-year-olds and 2,252 16 to 24-year-olds.

This represents the extent of the available information.

Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the most recent residence-based unemployment rates for each appropriate area of Durham constituency, giving the figures overall and broken down for male and female; what is the change in the number of unemployed claimants in Durham for the same month in each of the last six years; and what has been the percentage change since 1979.

Miss Widdecombe

Information on residence-based unemployment rates are available from the labour force survey, LFS, and are based on the internationally standard International Labour Organisation definition. At present, these are not available below the level of standard region except for training and enterprise councils, TECs, and local enterprise companies. The residence-based ILO unemployment rate for the County Durham TEC area in summer—June to August—1993, was 7 per cent. for all persons and 16.2 per cent. for men, not seasonally adjusted. The LFS sample size was not large enough to provide equivalent rates for women.

Data on the numbers of unemployed claimants in the Durham local authority district are on the unadjusted basis and are not available prior to 1983. Those data are given for December of each year.

Date Number of unemployed claimants
1983 4,248
1988 3,215
1989 2,571
1990 2,764
1991 3,238
1992 3,590
1993 3,467