HC Deb 29 January 1992 vol 202 c620W
18. Mr. Tom Clarke

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the latest unemployment figures in Lanarkshire and Scotland; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Allan Stewart

After falling in each of the previous four months, the number of claimants in Lanarkshire travel-to-work area in December 1991 was 20,095. The work force based unemployment rate was 11.8 per cent.

In Scotland, the number of claimants on the unadjusted series in December 1991 was 228,766. The work force based unemployment rate was 9.2 per cent.