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Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

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Mr. Swinney: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions for each year since the creation of the London Docklands Development Corporation, what was the (i) population, (ii) unemployment rate and (iii) employment rate for the area covered by the London Docklands Development Corporation. [36095] Angela Eagle: [holding answer 24 March 1998]: These figures are not available on a yearly basis. The figures shown in the Table have been compiled from information available from the 1981 and 1991 Population Censuses and estimates by the London Docklands Development Corporation in 1996 and 1997. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Population--UDA total 1981 39,429 1991 60,760 1996 76,849 1997 81,231 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. percentage _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Unemployment rate- UDA total Employment rate- UDA total 1981 (April) -- {1}83.4 1981 (July) 17.8 -- 1991 (April) 11.9 {2}84.6 {3}83.3 1996 (October) 11.4 {4}88.6 1997 (December) 7.2 {5}92.8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Source--1981 Population Census {2} Including residents on a government training scheme {3} Excluding residents on a government training scheme. Source-- 1991 Population Census {4} LDCC estimate--assumes all estimated economically active who are not unemployed are employed {5} LDCC estimate--assumes all estimated economically active who are not employed are employed Notes: The smallest geographical area for which unemployment rates are produced are travel to work areas which approximate to self-contained labour markets. Official unemployment rates are therefore produced for the Heathrow and Greater London travel to work area but not at borough, ward or Urban Development (UDA) level. Unemployment rates for the London Docklands UDA have been calculated using the estimated count of unemployment for the UDA (using official unemployment counts) and dividing this by the known or estimated economically active population. Employment rates are based on residents in employment (including self employed) as a percentage of the economically active population. In July 1991 there were an estimated 3,533 UDA residents who were unemployed; by December 1997 the count of unemployment was estimated to be 2,883. Over the same time period the population has more than doubled.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

36095; 309 c157-8W

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Employment London Docklands London Docklands Development Corporation Population Urban development corporations Unemployment

Contains statistics

Yes