HC Deb 11 February 1971 vol 811 c231W
Mr. O'Halloran

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the comparison between the latest unemployment figures for the Greater London area and the rest of England.

Mr. Dudley Smith

At 11th January, 1971, there were 65,937 persons registered as unemployed in the Greater London area and the percentage rate of unemployment was 1.5. The corresponding figures for the rest of England were 467,000 and 3.0.