§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many long-term unemployed there are presently in each of the 26 district council areas in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. ViggersThe latest unemployment figures available relate to 10 November 1988. The numbers of claimants in each district council area of Northern Ireland, who had been continuously unemployed for more than one year at that date, are as follows:—
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District Council Area Total Antrim 1,395 Ards 1,275 Armagh 1,845 Ballymena 1,450 Ballymoney 960 Banbridge 714 Belfast 15,967 Carrickfergus 760 Castlereagh 1,276 Coleraine 2,019 Cookstown 1,348 Craigavon 2,527 Derry 5,525 Down 1,162
District Council Area Total Dungannon 2,087 Fermanagh 2,265 Larne 825 Limavady 1,458 Lisburn 2,626 Magherafelt 1,450 Moyle 779 Newry and Mourne 3,801 Newtownabbey 2,067 North Down 1,157 Omagh 1,720 Strabane 2,067 Northern Ireland 60,525