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Sunday Working

Mrs. Dunwoody: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many shop workers have taken a case to an employment tribunal because of discrimination against them for refusing to work on a Sunday; and how many were successful. [30944]

Alan Johnson: Since 1994 when shop workers were given new rights involving Sunday working a total of 157 applications have been made to an employment tribunal of which 14 were successful.

Employment Agencies

Mr. Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when she expects to issue revised conduct regulations for employment agencies. [30162]

Alan Johnson: I expect to issue revised Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations in the near future, following a further short consultation on certain aspects.

Regional Assistance (North-west)

Mr. George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the total amount of regional assistance grant to industry for each parliamentary constituency in the north-west of England was for each year since 1992; and if she will make a statement. [30969]

Alan Johnson: The total amount of regional assistance grant to industry is set out in the following tables. The figures are based on the 1981 ward boundaries and represent offers of Regional Selective Assistance made by the Department of Trade and Industry.

Constituency	1992	1993	1994	1995
Ashton Under Lyne	306,000	145,500	25,000	0
Barrow and Furness	—	77,800	1,770,500	814,800
Birkenhead	205,000	164,500	217,000	920,000
Blackburn	322,500	755,500	461,500	2,046,000
Bolton, North-east	840,000	179,000	261,000	226,500
Bolton, South-east	0	0	894,600	945,800
Bolton, South-west	162,000	450,000	0	0
Bolton, West	444,000	231,000	1,077,500	380,000
Bootle	252,300	1,023,000	593,000	685,000
Bury, North	194,000	199,500	838,000	382,000
Bury, South	106,000	619,100	245,000	74,000
Carlisle	—	—	—	—
Chorley	90,000	23,000	0	99,000
City of Chester	18,000	7,277,000	180,000	170,000
Copeland	0	250,000	983,000	51,500
Crosby	70,000	0	75,000	90,000
Davyhulme	151,000	52,000	285,500	129,000
Denton and Reddish	27,685	97,650	0	0
Eccles	200,000	105,300	0	0
Eddisbury	50,000	855,000	175,000	43,000
Ellesmere Port and Neston	110,000	1,630,000	897,000	1,002,000
Halton	2,872,000	1,754,000	745,000	452,000
Heywood and Middleton	128,000	199,500	109,000	365,000
Hyndburn	487,000	2,191,500	9,500	0
Knowsley, North	4,658,000	1,496,000	1,667,000	880,000
Knowsley, South	1,030,000	1,197,000	761,000	484,000
Lancaster	—	—	—	—
Leigh	1,462,000	1,235,500	221,850	2,303,000
Littleborough and Saddleworth	938,000	268,900	470,000	444,000
Liverpool, Broadgreen	892,000	189,000	1,834,000	130,000
Liverpool, Garston	1,035,000	1,932,000	883,000	1,161,000
Liverpool, Mossley Hill	1,826,000	24,000	40,000	50,000
Liverpool, Riverside	1,325,000	571,670	666,000	2,642,500
Liverpool, Walton	80,000	126,890	485,000	410,000
Liverpool, West Derby	0	229,500	90,000	0
Makerfield	106,500	113,000	431,740	592,800
Manchester, Blackley	107,000	50,500	0	0
Manchester, Central	469,500	648,500	49,500	0
Manchester, Gorton	64,500	346,000	0	0
Morecambe and Lunesdale	—	—	—	—
Oldham, Central and Royton	73,000	330,000	949,000	363,000
Oldham, West	138,000	775,900	379,000	774,000
Penrith and the Border	1,587,500	160,000	95,000	17,000
Rochdale	517,500	483,500	358,600	621,500
Rossendale and Darwen	336,000	438,000	49,500	596,500
Salford East	624,900	183,000	100,000	0
Southport	70,000	1,132,000	834,000	130,000
St. Helens, North	225,000	550,500	1,578,200	1,960,000
St. Helens, South	90,000	1,770,000	2,667,000	2,675,000
Stalybridge and Hyde	167,500	620,000	101,000	0
Stretford	1,512,000	230,000	220,500	2,673,200
Wallasey	63,000	2,011,000	635,000	965,000
Warrington, South	60,000	225,000	264,000	35,000
West Lancashire	3,190,500	1,809,000	1,387,500	1,948,000
Westmoreland and Lonsdale	0	0	55,000	0
Wigan	1,311,000	2,414,500	638,000	852,000
Wirral, South	560,000	779,300	1,565,000	420,000
Wirral, West	55,000	1,612,000	98,000	197,000
Workington	1,106,500	2,788,500	384,000	275,000
Worsley	2,310,000	109,500	144,000	319,000
Total	35,026,385	45,130,010	29,943,490	32,794,100

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Constituency	1996	1997	1998	1999
Ashton Under Lyne	40,000	0	0	0
Barrow and Furness	1,285,000	612,000	306,700	244,000
Birkenhead	611,000	175,000	514,000	414,000
Blackburn	1,971,800	871,600	621,000	726,000
Bolton, North-east	581,800	96,000	350,000	75,000
Bolton, South-east	453,000	195,500	376,000	285,000
Bolton, South-west	0	0	0	0
Bolton, West	165,600	1,248,000	149,000	390,000
Bootle	292,000	497,000	1,751,000	379,000
Bury, North	189,500	153,500	82,500	115,000
Bury, South	156,000	20,000	108,000	457,000
Carlisle	—	—	—	—
Chorley	60,000	25,000	20,000	33,000
City of Chester	766,500	590,000	0	1,900,000
Copeland	0	0	84,500	368,000
Crosby	183,000	200,000	62,500	860,000
Davyhulme	650,000	687,000	3,044,000	0
Denton and Reddish	0	0	0	0
Eccles	0	0	0	0
Eddisbury	125,000	0	126,500	155,000
Ellesmere Port and Neston	557,000	13,247,000	348,000	1,040,000
Halton	320,000	688,000	335,000	1,769,000
Heywood and Middleton	465,000	134,000	90,000	99,000
Hyndburn	25,000	60,000	0	0
Knowsley, North	5,011,000	2,906,000	3,950,000	2,603,000
Knowsley, South	99,000	0	40,845,000	1,240,000
Lancaster	—	—	—	—
Leigh	212,950	869,000	1,257,000	1,623,000
Littleborough and Saddleworth	899,250	509,000	706,000	309,000
Liverpool, Broadgreen	1,239,000	287,000	7,000	5,000
Liverpool, Garston	780,000	386,000	4,257,000	7,308,000
Liverpool, Mossley Hill	130,000	15,000	0	0
Liverpool, Riverside	1,124,000	945,000	1,170,000	880,000
Liverpool, Walton	10,000	310,000	0	130,000
Liverpool, West Derby	0	62,000	12,000	60,000
Makerfield	172,000	106,000	124,000	5,408,000
Manchester, Blackley	0	0	0	0
Manchester, Central	0	0	0	0
Manchester, Gorton	0	0	0	0
Morecambe and Lunesdale	—	—	—	—
Oldham, Central and Royton	259,000	252,000	665,000	1,124,000
Oldham, West	90,000	326,000	601,000	45,000
Penrith and the Border	0	120,000	0	0
Rochdale	588,000	237,000	188,500	794,000
Rossendale and Darwen	195,000	217,000	291,000	567,000
Salford East	0	0	0	0
Southport	55,000	50,000	34,000	208,000
St. Helens, North	459,000	1,965,000	553,000	304,000
St. Helens, South	760,000	1,636,000	1,992,000	1,062,500
Stalybridge and Hyde	0	0	0	0
Stretford	270,000	50,000	8,000	240,000
Wallasey	585,000	333,000	78,000	655,000
Warrington, South	210,000	1,950,000	40,000	1,800,000
West Lancashire	2,043,000	823,000	880,000	1,309,000
Westmoreland and Lonsdale	0	0	0	0
Wigan	2,103,000	576,500	549,000	1,398,000
Wirral, South	90,000	1,853,000	2,048,000	470,000
Wirral, West	25,000	70,000	30,000	95,000
Workington	320,000	787,000	2,034,000	855,000
Worsley	109,000	30,000	10,000	175,000
Total	26,735,400	37,170,100	70,698,200	39,976,500

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Constituency	2000	2001	Total
Ashton Under Lyne	85,000	—	601,500
Barrow and Furness	98,000	410,000	5,618,800
Birkenhead	1,000,000	100,000	4,320,500
Blackburn	180,000	107,000	8,062,900
Bolton North-east	0	—	2,609,300
Bolton South-east	0	—	3,149,900
Bolton South-west	0	—	612,000
Bolton West	0	675,000	4,760,100
Bootle	90,000	500,000	6,062,300
Bury North	0	—	2,154,000
Bury South	0	—	1,785,100
Carlisle	—	70,000	70,000
Chorley	0	—	350,000
City of Chester	0	—	10,901,500
Copeland	240,000	—	1,977,000
Crosby	0	110,000	1,650,500
Davyhulme	240,000	—	5,238,500
Denton and Reddish	0	—	125,335
Eccles	0	—	305,300
Eddisbury	0	—	1,529,500
Ellesmere Port and Neston	180,000	—	19,011,000
Halton	604,000	1,215,000	10,754,000
Heywood and Middleton	0	—	1,589,500
Hyndburn	0	80,000	2,853,000
Knowsley North	5,530,000	760,000	29,461,000
Knowsley South	93,000	800,000	46,549,000
Lancaster	—	80,000	80,000
Leigh	0	200,000	9,384,300
Littleborough and Saddleworth	460,000	150,000	5,154,150
Liverpool Broadgreen	0	245,000	4,828,000
Liverpool Garston	50,000	1,955,000	19,747,000
Liverpool Mossley Hill	0	—	2,085,000
Liverpool Riverside	3,435,000	—	12,759,170
Liverpool Walton	0	180,000	1,731,890
Liverpool West Derby	0	—	453,500
Makerfield	0	200,000	7,254,040
Manchester Blackley	0	—	157,500
Manchester Central	2,100,000	1,850,000	5,117,500
Manchester Gorton	0	—	410,500
Morecambe and Lunesdale	—	145,000	145,000
Oldham Central and Royton	95,000	—	4,110,000
Oldham West	750,000	940,000	4,818,900
Penrith and the Border	0	—	1,979,500
Rochdale	520,000	230,000	4,538,600
Rossendale and Darwen	0	—	2,690,000
Salford East	0	1,340,000	2,247,900
Southport	190,000	200,000	2,903,000
St. Helens North	250,000	345,000	8,189,700
St. Helens South	600,000	—	13,252,500
Stalybridge and Hyde	—	—	888,500
Stretford	—	—	5,203,700
Wallasey	—	1,950,000	7,275,000
Warrington South	290,000	—	4,874,000
West Lancashire	238,000	690,000	14,318,000
Westmoreland and Lonsdale	—	—	55,000
Wigan	315,000	450,000	10,607,000
Wirral South	1,996,000	3,485,000	13,266,300
Wirral West	0	—	2,182,000
Workington	95,000	500,000	9,145,000
Worsley	0	—	3,206,500
Total	19,724,000	19,962,000	357,160,185

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