To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list for each of the three Barnsley constituencies the latest figures for (a) unemployment, (b) those who have been unemployed for one year, (c) those who have been out of work for at least five years and (d) those on training courses.
Information on claimant unemployment by duration is available quarterly, for the months of January, April, July and October, and on the unadjusted basis. The information requested is given in the table.Information on the numbers of people on training courses is collected at training and enterprise council (TEC) level and shows that in March 1993 there were 6,300 people on employment training and youth training courses in the Barnsley and Doncaster TEC area.
| Non-seasonally-adjusted claimant unemployment by duration—April 1993 | |||
| Total | Unemployed over one year | Unemployed over five years | |
| Barnsley Central | 4,329 | 1,746 | 233 |
| Barnsley East | 3,892 | 1,478 | 242 |
| Barnsley West and Penistone | 4,016 | 1,437 | 205 |