HC Deb 16 June 1988 vol 135 c264W
53. Mr. Bowis

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the fall in adult unemployment over the past 12 months.

58. Miss Widdecombe

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the fall in adult unemployment over the past 12 months.

68. Mrs. Gillian Shephard

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the fall in adult unemployment over the past 12 months.

Mr. Major

Adult unemployment in the United Kingdom has fallen by 535,000 over the past year.

62. Mr. Woodcock

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the fall in long-term unemployment in the year to January 1988.

64. Mr. Andrew Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the fall in long-term unemployment in the year to January 1988.

Mr. Major

I refer my hon. Friends to the reply I gave earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Sevenoaks (Mr. Wolfson).