§ Miss Quennellasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what the unemployment rate for the Petersfield constituency now is; and how this compares with the national average over the last three years.
§ Mr. Dell:At 13th April. 1970, the provisional percentage rate of unemployment in the area covered by the Peters-field and Alton Employment Exchanges was 2–6. The average rate for the United Kingdom during the three years ended April, 1970, was 2.5 per cent.