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Mr. Speed
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the current unemployment and unfilled vacancies figures on his Department's register for the travel-to-work areas of Ashford, Canterbury, Dover and Folkestone, respectively.
Mr. Lee
The following information is in the Library. The table shows the number of unfilled vacancies (excluding community programme vacancies) at job-centres covering areas closely corresponding to the Ashford, Canterbury, Dover and Deal and Folkestone travel-to-work areas on 4 March 1988, together with the total number of unemployed claimants in each travel-to-work area on 10 March 1988.
| Travel-to-work area | Unfilled vacancies | Unemployed claimants |
| Ashford | 727 | 2,328 |
| Canterbury | 914 | 3,873 |
| Dover and Deal | 590 | 3,551 |
| Folkestone | 529 | 3,625 |