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Mr. Hayward
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment in which 20 parliamentary constituencies the largest percentage fall in unemployment occurred in the last 12 months.
Mr. Nicholls
The following information is in the Library. The table shows the 20 parliamentary constituencies which have experienced the largest percentage falls in unemployment over the last 12 months.The figures are not seasonally adjusted.
| Percentage change in the number of unemployed over the year to November 1989 | |
| Constituency name | Per cent. |
| South West Surrey | -27·1 |
| Chesham and Amersham | -25·8 |
| East Surrey | -25·4 |
| Numbers and percentage of employees in employment' in the fifteen industry classes with the largest numbers of employees in the Doncaster travel to work area | |||||||
| Classes of the Standard Industrial Classification 1980 | September 1981 | September 1984 | September 1987 | ||||
| Number (000s) | Per cent.2 | Number (000s) | Per cent2 | Number (000s) | Per cent2 | ||
| 11 | Coal extraction and manufacture of solid fuels | 16·8 | 18·2 | 13·0 | 14·8 | 7·4 | 8·9 |
| 22 | Metal manufacturing | — | — | 3— | 3— | 3— | 3— |
| 24 | Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products | 3— | 3— | 3— | 3— | 1·9 | 2·2 |
| 31 | Manufacture of metal goods (other) | 3— | 3— | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | Mechanical engineering | 5·2 | 5·7 | 3·6 | 4·2 | 4·0 | 4·8 |
| 35/36 | Manufacture of motor vehicles and other transport equipment | 3— | 3— | 3— | 3— | — | — |
| 41/42 | Food, drink and tobacco manufacturing industries | 2·3 | 2·5 | — | — | — | — |
| 50 | Construction | 3·5 | 3·8 | 3·0 | 3·4 | 4·6 | 5·6 |
| 61 | Wholesale distribution | 1·9 | 2·1 | 2·5 | 2·8 | 2·1 | 2·6 |
| 64/65 | Retail distribution | 9·0 | 9·8 | 9·2 | 10·5 | 8·4 | 10·1 |
| 66 | Hotels and catering | 3·7 | 4·0 | 2·7 | 3·1 | 3·8 | 4·6 |
| 71/72 | Railways and other inland transport | 5·0 | 5·4 | 4·9 | 5·5 | 3·4 | 4·1 |
| 81 | Banking and finance | — | — | 1·6 | 1·9 | — | — |
| 83 | Business services | — | — | — | — | 2·1 | 2·5 |
| 91 | Public administration and national defence | 5·2 | 5·6 | 3·5 | 4·0 | 6·2 | 7·5 |
| 93 | Education | 5·0 | 5·4 | 6·7 | 7·7 | 7·4 | 8·9 |
Constituency name
| Per cent.
|
| Henley | -24·1 |
| Wantage | -20·6 |
| Surbiton | -20·2 |
| Tunbridge Wells | -20·1 |
| Wokingham | -19·9 |
| Wealden | -18·5 |
| Reigate | -18·0 |
| North West Surrey | -17·9 |
| Guildford | -17·6 |
| North West Hampshire | -17·4 |
| Wycombe | -13·0 |
| Rochford | -12·6 |
| Chelmsford | -11·6 |
| Southend West | -10·9 |
| Basingstoke | -8·1 |
| Roxburgh and Berwickshire | -5·5 |
| Sutton and Cheam | -4·4 |