§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish figures showing the number of people 573W currently registered as unemployed in Birmingham as a whole and for each employment office area, respectively; and what were the numbers last year.
§ Mr. GoldingThe information is given in the following table:
Employment office area January 1977 January 1978 Aston 4,507 3,410 Birmingham 5,509 5,865 Erdington —* 1,436 Handsworth 5,045 4,401 Selly Oak 8,282 7,500 Small Heath 7,199 5,450 Sparkhill 2,501 3,888 Sutton Coldfield 1,838 1,889 Washwood Heath 4,887 4,392 Birmingham City (Total) 39,768 38,231 * Figures included with Aston.