§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the latest available figures which indicate unemployment in each parliamentary constituency and each electoral ward in Northern Ireland.
§ Dr. BoysonThe numbers of unemployed claimants in each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland at 12 December 1985 are as follows. Since there are over 500 electoral wards in Northern Ireland I shall write to the hon. Member giving December unemployment figures for each electoral ward. 213W
Parliamentary constituency Male Female Total Belfast East 3,176 1,412 4,588 Belfast North 6,237 2,060 8,297 Belfast South 3,765 1,696 5,461 Belfast West 9,227 2,290 11,517 East Antrim 4,702 1,983 6,685 East Londonderry 6,499 2,277 8,776 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 6,017 2,040 8,057 Foyle 9,386 2,278 11,664 Lagan Valley 3,958 1,901 5,859 Mid-Ulster 6,246 2,117 8,363 Newry and Armagh 6,266 2,192 8,458 North Antrim 4,651 1,694 6,345 North Down 2,680 1,521 4,201 South Antrim 4,126 1,908 6,034 South Down 4,264 2,016 6,280 Strangford 2,629 1,495 4,124 Upper Bann 4,776 1,985 6,761 Northern Ireland totals 88,605 32,865 121,470