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21.
Mr. Kilroy-Silk
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of unemployed adults in Kirkby, Ormskirk, Merseyside, and the North-West respectively.
Mr. Jim Lester
At 11 October, the latest date for which an age analysis of the unemployed is available, the numbers of people aged 18 and over registered as unemployed in the areas specified were as follows:
| Kirkby employment office area | 4,800 |
| Ormskirk employment office area | 750 |
| Merseyside special development area | 77,000 |
| North-West region | 180,200 |