HC Deb 19 March 1984 vol 56 c362W
Mr. Skinner

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the percentage of long-term unemployed compared to the total number of unemployed in the county of Derbyshire at the latest available date.

Mr. Alan Clark

On 12 January, the latest date for which an analysis by duration of unemployment is available, out of a total number of 47,981 unemployed claimants in the county of Derbyshire, 16,861 or 35.1 per cent., had been unemployed for over 52 weeks