Sharing the prosperity? How the regions measure up

  • guardian.co.uk, Monday December 6 1999 13.33 GMT
• Disposable income per head of population in England in 1997 ranged from £11,084 in London to £8,080 in north east England.

• International Labour Organisation unemployment rates in February to April this year varied from 3.7% in the south east to 10.1% in the north east.

• The percentage of children in England achieving five or more GCSEs at Grade A to C in 1998/1999 varied from 39.4% in the north east to 51.2% in the south east.

• The percentage of household in receipt of benefit in Great Britain in 1997/98 ranged from 63% in the south east to 77% in the north east.

• The percentage of households living in poor housing in 1996 varied from 11% in the south west to 19% in London.

• The rate of notifiable offences recorded by police per 100,000 population in 1997 ranged from 3,715 in Northern Ireland to 10,857 in Yorkshire and the Humber.

• The unemployment rate in the north east ranged from 14.3% in Hartlepool to 6.5% in Co Durham.

• The unemployment rate in the south east ranged from 8.7% in Portsmouth to 3.2% in Buckinghamshire.

• In Yorkshire and Humber the percentage of children achieving five or more GCSEs at Grade A to C in 1997/1998 ranged from 21.4% in Hull to 54% in North Yorkshire.

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Sharing the prosperity? How the regions measure up

This article was first published on guardian.co.uk at 13.33 GMT on Monday December 06 1999. It was last updated at 13.33 GMT on Monday December 06 1999.

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