To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the number of employees, broken down into full-timers and part-timers who are (a) under 18 years, (b) 18 years and over and (c) 21 years old and over in the following standard industrial classifications (i) zero to nine, (ii) one to five, (iii) two to four, (iv) six to nine, (v) zero, (vi) 43, (vii) 45, (viii) 6, (ix) 64 and 65 and their subgroups, (x) 66 and its subgroups, (xi) eight, (xii) 91, (xiii) 92, (xiv) 93, (xv) 95, (xvi) 96, (xvii) 97 and (xviii) 98.
Preliminary results from the 1989 labour force survey, as requested, are shown in the table.
The information in the following table is available from the Library and is affected by seasonal influences, changes to the count, and a redefinition of travel-to-work areas.
"Narrow-based" unadjusted unemployment rates in Ashford travel-to-work area1: January each year
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Ashford Jobcentre based TTWA
| Ashford ward based TTWA
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Percentage rate
| Percentage rate
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| 1980 | 4·5 | — |
| 1981 | 8·5 | — |
| 1982 | 12·0 | — |
| 1983 | 11·9 | — |
| 1984 | 11·3 | 10·6 |
| 1985 | — | 11·7 |
| 1986 | — | 12·2 |
| 1987 | — | 11·2 |
| 1988 | — | 7·9 |
| 1989 | — | 4·9 |
| 1990 | — | 4·2 |
1 The definition of travel-to-work areas changed in 1984. Earlier data are given for the old Ashford travel-to-work area. | ||