HC Deb 29 October 1997 vol 299 c832W
23. Mr. Spring

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the trends are in long-term unemployment in Northern Ireland. [12429]

Mr. Ingram

The latest available information relates to September 1997 and at that time there were 29,509 claimant long-term unemployed in Northern Ireland. This represents a reduction of 15,821 compared with a year earlier and reflects a generally downward trend in claimant long-term unemployment since spring 1993.

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