Labour Statistics (Hansard, 8 March 1994)

HC Deb 08 March 1994 vol 239 c181W 181W

§ Mr. Callaghan
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest official figures for the numbers of unemployed; and what the corresponding figures were for 1979.

§ Miss Widdecombe
On the consistent seasonally adjusted basis, claimant unemployment in the United Kingdom stood at 2,787,600 in January 1994 and 1,100,100 in January 1979.

§ Mr. Callaghan
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest unemployment figures for the North West.

§ Miss Widdecombe
In the North West region, seasonally adjusted claimant unemployment stood at 308,100 or 10.3 per cent. of the work force in January 1994. This is a fall of 26,400 compared with a year ago.