§ 33. Mr. Lofthouseasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many and what percentage of unemployed have been out of work for over a year in the Yorkshire and Humberside region.
§ Mr. AlisonAt October 1982, the latest date for which an analysis by duration of unemployment is available, the number of unemployed claimants in the Yorkshire and Humberside region who had been unemployed for over 52 weeks was 96,345. This represented 33.6 per cent. of all registered unemployed in the region at that date.
§ 37. Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of Stare for Employment how many people are now unemployed in the Yorkshire and Humberside region and in the county of South Yorkshire.
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§ Mr. AlisonAt 13 January, the number of unemployed claimants in the Yorkshire and Humberside region and in the South Yorkshire metropolitan county were 302,930 and 96,380, respectively.