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Mr. Cryer
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will call for a report by the Health and Safety Executive on the likely consequences of the removal of any buffer zone round A. H. Marks Ltd. of Wyke in Bradford, South and its replacement with industrial development.
| Economically inactive persons (not seasonally adjusted) | ||||||
| Region | Men aged 16 + | As percentage of all men 16 + | All persons aged 50+ | As percentage of all men aged 50+ | Men aged 50–64 | As percentage of all men 50–64 |
| Number (thousands) | Percentage | Number (thousands) | Percentage | Number (thousands) | Percentage | |
| Autumn 1992 | ||||||
| Great Britain | 5,630 | 26·5 | 11,462 | 66·7 | 1,125 | 26·6 |
| South East | 1,609 | 24·2 | 3,305 | 63·3 | 266 | 20·7 |
| Greater London | 650 | 25·4 | 1,209 | 63·6 | 107 | 22·4 |
| Rest of South East | 959 | 23·4 | 2,096 | 63·2 | 159 | 19·6 |
| East Anglia | 202 | 25·3 | 438 | 66·0 | 29 | 18·6 |
| South West | 489 | 27·2 | 1,054 | 66·8 | 86 | 24·2 |
| West Midlands | 522 | 25·9 | 1,044 | 65·5 | 104 | 25·3 |
| East Midlands | 404 | 25·8 | 804 | 65·2 | 75 | 24·4 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 509 | 27·0 | 1,043 | 68·5 | 109 | 28·8 |
| North West | 685 | 28·5 | 1,346 | 69·7 | 156 | 32·3 |
| North | 343 | 29·4 | 694 | 72·2 | 92 | 38·1 |
| Wales | 356 | 32·4 | 683 | 73·3 | 88 | 39·4 |
| Scotland | 511 | 26·8 | 1,049 | 68·1 | 120 | 31·4 |
| Spring 1992 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | 5,733 | 26·3 | 11,611 | 66·3 | 1,122 | 26·0 |
| Northern Ireland | 154 | 27·8 | 269 | 67·0 | 30 | 29·4 |
Source: Labour Force Survey.
Note: The Labour Force Survey is only carried out in Northern Ireland in spring each year.