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14.
Mr. John Evans
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many unemployed benefit claimants there were in St. Helens in December 1978 and in December 1991.
Mr. Scott
In December 1978 there were 14,288 unemployed people registering in the Wigan and St. Helens travel-to-work area. In December 1991 there were 22,740 people signing unemployed in that area.