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Mr. Pawsey
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on current levels of unemployment in the west midlands.
Mr. Lee
In May 1988, seasonally adjusted unemployment excluding school leavers in the west midlands region was 243,200, compared with 305,800 in May 1987—a fall of 62,600 over the last 12 months and the lowest since March 1981.