§ Mr. Humeasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what figures are available to indicate the numbers unemployed in each electoral ward, each local government district and each parliametary constituency in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. ViggersThere are 526 electoral wards in Northern Ireland and the information in the form requested is not readily available and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost. The numbers of unemployed claimants in each local government district and parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland 13 November 1986 are as follows: 621W
District Council Area Male Female Total Antrim 2,380 959 3,339 Ards 2,135 1,184 3,319 Armagh 2,552 1,102 3,654 Ballymena 2,399 1,163 3,562 Ballymoney 1,479 477 1,956 Banbridge 1,174 649 1,823 Belfast 23,581 8,026 31,607 Carrickfergus 1,555 870 2,425 Castlereagh 2,012 1,032 3,044 Coleraine 3,170 1,094 4,264 Cookstown 2,002 751 2,753 Craigavon 4,343 1,771 6,114 Derry 7,755 2,042 9,797 Down 2,181 1,011 3,192 Dungannon 2,950 1,025 3,975 Fermanagh 3,413 1,111 4,524 Larne 1,757 629 2,386 Limavady 2,087 678 2,765 Lisburn 4,242 1,922 6,164 Magherafelt 2,185 818 3,003 Moyle 1,163 317 1,480 Newry and Mourne 5,656 1,952 7,608 Newtownabbey 3,476 1,700 5,176 North Down 1,831 1,194 3,025 Omagh 2,549 1,003 3,552 Strabane 3,201 696 3,897 Northern Ireland Totals 93,228 35,176 128,404 The figures are based on district councils boundaries as established by the Local Government (Boundaries) Order (Northern Ireland) 1972.
Parliamentary constituency Male Female Total Belfast East 3,410 1,483 4,893 Belfast North 6,628 2,237 8,865 Belfast South 4,237 2,058 6,295 Belfast West 9,674 2,438 12,112 East Antrim 4,907 2,171 7,078 East Londonderry 6,987 2,406 9,393 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 6,363 2,136 8,499 Foyle 9,403 2,384 11,787 Lagan Valley 4,348 1,990 6,338 Mid-Ulster 6,559 2,292 8,851 Newry and Armagh 6,430 2,242 8,672 North Antrim 5,041 1,957 6,998 North Down 2,738 1,546 4,284 South Antrim 4,261 1,987 6,248 South Down 4,496 2,072 6,568 Strangford 2,766 1,606 4,372 Upper Bann 4,980 2,171 7,151 Northern Ireland Totals 93,228 35,176 128,404