§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing by standard category the unemployment levels in Greater Manchester at the latest available date and at the same period five and 10 years ago.
§ Mr. NichollsThe information contained in the following table is available from the Library.
Unadjusted unemployment in Greater Manchester metropolitan county February Unemployed claimants 1990 94,368 1985 180,525 1980 73,558 Note: Direct comparisons over time are affected by various changes to the count and in particular the change in October 1982 from a count of registrants at jobcentres to one of claimants at unemployment benefit offices.