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Number of jobseekers allowance claimants in each of the 26 district council areas in each of the last three years
JSA claimants as at February each year
District council 2004 2005 2006

Northern Ireland

33,200

29,415

28,640

Unallocated

Antrim

765

525

575

Ards

1,275

1,085

975

Armagh

855

740

560

Ballymena

755

660

720

Ballymoney

425

320

390

Banbridge

415

490

345

Belfast

7,900

6,785

6,835

Carrickfergus

690

595

575

Castlereagh

755

585

610

Coleraine

1,285

1,430

1,080

Cookstown

345

360

355

Craigavon

1,330

960

1,115

Derry

3,675

3,530

3,640

Down

1,265

1,060

950

Dungannon

570

485

585

Fermanagh

1,335

1,040

960

Larne

495

400

360

Limavady

790

670

645

Lisburn

1,420

1,435

1,335

Magherafelt

355

285

360

Moyle

310

345

265

Newry and Mourne

1,580

1,410

1,340

Newtownabbey

1,010

1,085

1,005

North Down

1,090

950

840

Omagh

965

830

890

Strabane

1,425

1,245

1,195


Buses

Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average daily passenger numbers were for each Goldliner Express bus route to Belfast in each month in the last three years. [108893]

David Cairns: Translink has advised that figures are not available in the form requested. Total passenger numbers for 11 Ulsterbus Goldline services which operate to and from Belfast, for each month in the last three years, are as follows:

Ulsterbus route—December 2003 to May 2004
2003 2004
Route December January February March April May

212 Belfast-Londonderry via Dungiven

44,609

38,190

41,744

43,984

39,906

41,876

215 Belfast-Downpatrick

6,297

4,640

4,657

5,075

5,742

7,410

218 Belfast-Coleraine via Ballymena

11,746

10,409

11,316

12,044

13,709

16,400

219 Belfast-Ballymena

5,189

4,672

3,894

4,846

3,368

2,551

220 Belfast-Antrim

5,752

5,029

4,783

5,289

4,469

3,896

238 Belfast-Newry

25,766

25,599

26,641

28,351

23,253

25,770

250 Belfast-Craigavon

1,170

1,217

1,262

1,526

1,064

1,510

251 Belfast-Armagh

6,604

5,545

6,066

6,001

5,268

6,485

256 Belfast - Larne

8,468

6,392

5,798

7,051

6,151

6,553

261 Belfast-Enniskillen

23,281

20,201

23,360

23,111

21,243

22,456

273 Belfast-Londonderry via Omagh

19,895

17,635

18,583

19,834

18,012

21,111


Ulsterbus route—June to November 2004
Route June July August September October November

212 Belfast-Londonderry via Dungiven

37,966

34,732

39,742

43,180

49,770

49,913

215 Belfast-Downpatrick

8,075

8,853

9,620

9,293

9,207

9,564

218 Belfast-Coleraine via Ballymena

17,510

18,685

20,146

18,811

18,095

18,409

219 Belfast-Ballymena

2,381

2,387

2,338

2,958

2,468

2,682

220 Belfast-Antrim

4,116

3,104

3,309

3,969

4,637

4,748

238 Belfast-Newry

25,511

25,208

27,003

30,148

30,730

29,743

250 Belfast-Craigavon

1,684

1,288

1,439

1,787

1,824

1,875

251 Belfast-Armagh

5,585

4,982

5,423

6,363

6,847

5,549

256 Belfast-Larne

7,035

6,589

7,222

7,230

6,862

7,336

261 Belfast-Enniskillen

18,778

20,862

23,814

21,156

24,344

21,667

273 Belfast-Londonderry via Omagh

20,366

21,237

22,602

24,434

27,863

26,659


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