§ Mr. Sean Hughesasked the Paymaster General what are the month-by-month unemployment figures for the borough of Knowsley since January 1984.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. The table gives the number of unemployed claimants in the Knowsley local authority district between January 1984 and February 1987. These figures are affected by the change in the timing of the compilation of unemployment statistics in March 1986.
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Unemployed claimants in Knowsley local authority district Number 1984 January 21,462 February 21,357 March 21,003 April 20,659 May 20,593 June 20,019
Number July 20,144 August 20,074 September 20,816 October 20,487 November 20,417 December 20,323 1985 January 20,724 February 20,629 March 20,386 April 20,397 May 20,447 June 20,146 July 20,148 August 20,045 September 20,510 October 20,222 November 20,065 December 20,038 1986 January 20,487 February 20,169 March 19,989 April 20,170 May 20,049 June 19,797 July 19,764 August 19,421 September 19,498 October 19,120 November 18,803 December 18,844 1987 January 19,001 February 18,743