§ Mr. Rifkindasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will publish the unemployment figures for the local employment exchange area of Edinburgh, Leith and Portobello for the month of July for each year since 1945.
§ Mr. Golding,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 27th July 1976; Vol. 916, c. 82],gave the following information:
The table below shows the numbers registered as unemployed from July 1948, the year in which the current series of unemployment statistics started:
Edinburgh Employment Office Area Leith Employment Office Area Portobello Employment Office Area July 1948 … 2,270 862 100 July 1949 … 2,513 760 145 July 1950 … 2,936 982 170 July 1951 … 1,939 600 94 July 1952 … 2,795 885 172 July 1953 … 3,375 968 189 July 1954 … 3,229 814 167 July 1955 … 2,379 561 115 July 1956 … 2,220 515 114 July 1957 … 2,653 619 174 July 1958 … 3,431 775 222 July 1959 … 3,411 967 302 July 1960 … 3,039 962 278 July 1961 … 2,401 681 165 July 1962 … 3,010 759 227 July 1963 … 3,678 774 339 July 1964 … 2,669 492 193 July 1965 … 2,350 512 180 July 1966 … 2,210 411 186 July 1967 … 2,927 719 308 July 1968 … 3,464 881 534 July 1969 … 4,041 1,099 622 July 1970 … 4,907 1,474 762 July 1971 … 5,826 2,013 1,011 July 1972 … 5,879 1,879 922 July 1973 … 4,600 1,407 800 July 1974 … 4,636 1,370 835 July 1975 … 6,346 2,020 1,041 July 1976 … 8,335 2,568 1,514