§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people between the ages of 16 and 25 years in Lewisham, East(a) are registered unemployed and (b) have been unemployed for 12 months or more; and what are these figures expressed as a percentage in that age group in that area.
§ Mr. OppenheimIn October 1994 the total number of unemployed claimants aged under 25 years in Lewisham East stood at 1,257 down 6 per cent. on the year, and the number of the latter who were unemployed for over a year stood at 398, down 10 per cent. on the year.
Claimant unemployment rates by age are only available nationally and are publish in table 2.15 of the Employment Gazette, a copy of which is available in the Library.
§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people between the ages of 16 and 25 years are registered as unemployed in each of the London boroughs; and what the figures are as a percentage of that age group in each borough and in London as a whole; how many have been unemployed for 12 months; and what this figure is expressed as a percentage in that age group in each borough and in London as a whole.
§ Mr. OppenheimClaimant unemployment rates by age are only available nationally and are published in table 2.15 of theEmployment Gazette. Information on the numbers of claimant unemployed in each London borough, analysed by age and duration of claimant, is available for the months of January, April, July and October and can be obtained from the NOMIS database in the Library.