UNEMPLOYMENT has fallen slightly in North Yorkshire, new figures revealed today.
In York, the number of claimants dropped from 2,077 in February to 2,054 last month, equivalent to two per cent of the workforce.
Numbers fell in Ryedale from 465 to 431 (1.5 per cent) and in Selby from 890 to 847 (2.8 per cent).
Across the whole of Yorkshire and the Humber, the unemployment rate in March was 5 per cent, down by 0.6 per cent on the same month last year.
Updated: 11:27 Wednesday, April 17, 2002
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