Mr. Donald Stewart asked the Paymaster General if, pursuant to the answer of 28 April to the right hon. Member for the Western Isles, Official Report, column 338, he will give percentage unemployed figures for each area concerned.
§ Mr. LangThe available percentage rates are given in the reply in column338. The percentage unemployment rates (at 6 March 1986) for the areas in the answer in column 339 are:
Percentage England 13.1 Scotland 15.9 Wales 17.3 Northern Ireland 21.4 This information is available in the Library.