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Mr. Alex Carlile
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy for reception of both Channel 4 television and S4C to be available throughout Wales; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd
It is not possible at present to broadcast both Channel 4 television and Sianel Pedwar Cymru throughout Wales, because there are insufficient available frequencies.
Mr. Jackson
The latest available information, relating to January 1992, is contained in the following table and can also be obtained from the NOMIS database system in the Library.
| Long-term unemployment in January 19921 | |
| Area | Number of long-term unemployed |
| Leyton parliamentary constituency | 1,709 |
| Waltham Forest local authority district | 3,796 |
| Greater London | 108,361 |
| United Kingdom | 746,977 |
| 1 Unemployment figures by duration are produced quarterly and are on the unadjusted basis. The definition of long-term unemployed is those people unemployed for one year or more. | |