§ Mr. Hicksasked the Secretary of State for Employment what, for each year since 1965, was the average level of unemployment in each separate development and intermediate area.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe following table shows for the development areas percentage rates of unemployment for January, 1972, and for each January since their designation in August, 1966, and for the intermediate areas as at present constituted figures for the same dates:
and disabled, respectively, and comparable figures for February, 1970 and 1971.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe figures for February, 1972, are not yet available and the following table shows information for each January from 1970 to 1972: