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Mr. Dubs
asked the Secretary of State for Employment, what is the current level of unemployment in absolute terms and as a percentage of those available for work.
Mr. Alan Clark
At 14 March 1985 the number of unemployed claimants in the United Kingdom was 3,267,592, representing an unemployment rate of 13ยท5 per cent.