HC Deb 08 November 1983 vol 48 c129W
55. Mr. Hardy

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are unemployed in the county of South Yorkshire; and how this number compares with the position five years ago.

Mr. Alan Clark

In October 1983, the number of unemployed claimants in the South Yorkshire metropolitan county was 92,583. The number of registered unemployed in the county in October 1978 was 36,754.