§ Mr. Formanasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of people unemployed in each employment office area in the London 479W borough of Sutton and the percentage which these figures represent of the total work force in each area; and what were the corresponding figures in absolute percentage terms for each year since 1970.
§ Mr. GoldingThe first table below shows the numbers of people registered as unemployed in the Sutton employment office area, which covers most of the London borough of Sutton. Unemployment rates can be calculated only for the whole of the Greater London travel-to work area and these are shown in the second table.
Numbers unemployed in Sutton Employment Office area January 1970 … … … 714 January 1971 … … … 759 January 1972 … … … 1,017 January 1973 … … … 1,040 January 1974 … … … 920 January 1975 … … … * January 1976 … … … 1,819 January 1977 … … … 2,271
Unemployment rates in Greater London Per cent. January 1970 … … … 1.5 January 1971 … … … 1.6 January 1972 … … … 2.2 January 1973 … … … 1.9 January 1974 … … … 1.5 January 1975 … … … * January 1976 … … … 3.6 January 1977 … … … 4.3 * Not available because of industrial action at local offices of the Employment Service Agency.