HC Deb 03 April 1990 vol 170 c582W
Mr. Bradley

To 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. Nicholls

The 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.