§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will give for the longest and most convenient stated period of time the number and categories of unemployed in the London 554W borough of Newham and for the same period the number of registered workers employed and unemployed from countries overseas.
§ Mr. John FraserThe following table shows the numbers unemployed in the area covered by the Canning Town, Stratford and East Ham employment offices, which corresponds closely to the London borough of Newham. Statistics are not available of the numbers employed and unemployed who are from overseas countries.
NUMBERS UNEMPLOYED Males Females January 1949 1,961 499 January 1950 1,323 487 January 1951 1,019 402 January 1952 1,079 653 January 1953 1,859 614 January 1954 1,560 443 January 1955 990 305 January 1956 744 288 January 1957 1,335 423 January 1958 1,382 404 January 1959 2,309 728 January 1960 1,436 433 January 1961 1,373 451 January 1962 1,938 527 January 1963 2,742 734 January 1964 1,750 534 January 1965 1,313 371 January 1966 1,217 201 January 1967 2,477 332 January 1968 2,962 297 January 1969 3,115 224 January 1970 3,055 241 January 1971 2,702 157 January 1972 4,019 208 January 1973 3,724 299 January 1974 2,487 223 February 1975* 2,752 277 January 1976 5,394 1,028 * Because of industrial action at local offices of the Employment Service Agency, figures for January 1975 are not available.