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Belfast (Unemployment)

Volume 32: debated on Thursday 18 November 1982

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asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the latest percentage level of unemployment in the Belfast travel-to-work area; and what were the comparable figures for November 1979.

At 14 October 1982, the percentage rate of unemployment in the Belfast travel-to-work area was 18ยท8 per cent. At 8 November 1979 the figure was 9 per cent.