§ Mr. Bishopasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give the 94W figures of unemployed for Lincoln with percentages for each of the past three years; and what special assistance is available to the city now, in view of recent redundancies and short-time working.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantThe figures are as follows:
Number registered as unemployed Percentage November, 1970 1,623 3.0 November, 1971 2,867 5.2 November, 1972 2,742 5.0 Lincoln can expect to benefit from the measures the Government have introduced to stimulate national economic growth, among them the extension to all parts of the country of free depreciation on plant and machinery and the 44 per cent. first-year tax allowance on industrial building.