§ Lord Sandysasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish a regional breakdown of long-term unemployment of those unemployed over one year to October 1987, showing numbers and the percentage changes.
§ Lord Young of GraffhamThe following information is in the Library. The table shows for each region of the United Kingdom, the numbers of unemployed claimants who had been unemployed for over one year at October 1986 and October 1987, together with the changes over the year expressed both numerically and as a percentage.
Claimants unemployed for over one year Region Oct 1986 Oct 1987 Change Percentage change South East 123,574 100,785 -22,789 -18.4 East Anglia 28,223 23,584 -4,639 -16.4 London 159,729 141,947 -17,782 -11.1 South West 68,843 57,563 -11,280 -16.4 West Midlands 161,417 136,272 -25,145 -15.6 East Midlands 80,917 69,755 -11,162 -13.8 Yorkshire and Humberside 130,122 118,711 -11,411 -8.8 North West 199,305 172,359 -26,946 -13.5 Northern 105,188 90,520 -14,668 -13.9 Wales 73,043 59,671 -13,372 -18.3 Scotland 146,394 136,185 -10,209 -7.0 Northern Ireland 64,251 64,884 633 1.0 United Kingdom 1,341,006 1,172,236 -168,770 -12.6