§ Mr. Brocklebank-Fowlerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will 731W now publish in the Official Report a table showing unemployment figures for King's Lynn, Hunstanton and Fakenham for the periods ending December 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977.
§ Mr. GoldingThe numbers registered as unemployed in the appropriate employment office areas are given in the following table:
Kings Lynn Hunstanton Fakenham December 1973 441 153 159 December 1975 1,262 401 580 December 1977 1,745 430 669 Because of industrial action by some staff in the Department of Employment Group figures are not available for December 1974 and December 1976.
Public Corporations Central Government Local Authorities Total (000s) (000s) (000s) (000s) 1974 … 1,962 2,106 2,844 6,912 1975 … 2,012 2,262 2,993 7,267 1976 … 1,951 2,342 3,021 7,314 Notes:
(1) The estimates are taken from an article published in the December 1977 issue of "Economic Trends" which presents mid-year estimates of employment in the United Kingdom analysed by sector and broad industry groups for the years 1971 to 1976, together with definitions and sources.
(2) Estimates for 1977 are not yet available.
(3) Part-time workers are counted as whole units.