HC Deb 25 February 1982 vol 18 c466W
Mr. William Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what are the latest available figures for (a) unemployed males and (b) unemployed females in the areas covered by the social security offices in (i) Londonderry, (ii) Coleraine and (iii) Limavady; and what were the figures at the same time in each of the last live years.

Mr. Adam Butler

At 11 February 1982 the number of unemployed males and females in the Londonderry, Coleraine and Limavady employment service office areas were as follows:

Males Females Total
Londonderry 7,011 2,285 9,296
Coleraine 2,568 962 3,530
Limavady 1,684 604 2,288

The following table sets out the figures for the corresponding months since 1977.

Females:

  • £21.53 including ERS
  • £20.34 excluding ERS

The average weekly payment of supplementary benefit at December 1980, the latest date for which figures are available, was £20.64. Separate figures for males and females are not recorded.