HL Deb 24 October 1990 vol 522 c1518WA
Earl Russell

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What was the decrease in numbers of registered unemployed people between March 1986 and March 1989.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Employment (Viscount Ullswater)

Between March 1986 and March 1989, there was a fall of 1,206,300 in seasonally adjusted claimant unemployment from 3,126,800 to 1,920,500.