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Avon And Wansdyke

Volume 115: debated on Thursday 7 May 1987

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asked the Paymaster General (1) what was the percentage change in unemployment in (a) Avon and (b) Wansdyke constituency between January 1986 and January 1987 for those people without a job for more than three years;(2) what was the percentage change in unemployment in

(a) Avon and (b) Wansdyke constituency between January 1986 and January 1987.

The following information is in the Library. The comparison of unemployment between 9 January 1986 and 8 January 1987 is affected by the change in the compilation of the unemployment statistics in March 1987. The table shows the published number of claimants in the county of Avon and the Wansdyke constituency on the two dates, and the numbers who had been unemployed for over three years.

Unemployed claimants

Total

Over 3 years

January 1986

January 1987

January 1986

January 1987

Avon48,31845,1096,4556,821
Wansdyke constituency3,1623,057336346