HC Deb 26 January 1989 vol 145 cc678-9W
16. Mr. Lord

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in which regions adult unemployment has fallen over the past year.

Mr. Brooke

Adult unemployment has fallen sharply in every region of the United Kingdom over the last year, but fastest in the west midlands, the north west and Wales.

61. Mr. William Powell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in which regions adult unemployment has fallen over the past year.

129. Mr. Burt

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in which regions adult unemployment has fallen over the past year.

Mr. Major

Adult unemployment has fallen sharply in every region of the United Kingdom over the last year, but fastest in the west midlands, the north west and Wales.

83. Mr. Michael Brown

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the fall in the number of long-term unemployed aged 18 to 24 years since October 1986.

95. Mr. Gerald Bowden

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the fall in the number of long-term unemployed aged 18 to 24 years since October 1986.

97. Mr. Andy Stewart

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the fall in the number of long-term unemployed aged 18 to 24 years since October 1986.

Mr. Major

The latest available figures, for October 1988, show that the number of long-term unemployed aged between 18 and 24 has fallen by one half since October 1986.

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