NW has dire youth dole rate
This is a staggering seven percentage points higher than the Northern Ireland average and three percentage points higher than in West and North Belfast.
Finance Minister Sammy Wilson revealed the figures in response to an Assembly Question stating that they showed the number of persons aged 18-24 claiming unemployment related benefits at August 2012.
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Hide AdJobs Minister Arlene Foster recently revealed the amount of benefit claimants in Londonderry in August rose from 8.5 per cent to 8.7 per cent of working age people and in Strabane it rose from 7.3 per cent to 7.4 per cent. Dole queues remained static in Limavady at 7.1 per cent last month.
It demonstrates youth unemployment is double that for the general population.