§ Mr. Weetchasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many married women were drawing unemployment benefit in the Ipswich and district employment area in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Deakins,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 6th July 1978; Vol. 953, c. 257], gave the following information:
535WThe numbers of married women drawing unemployment benefit in the Ipswich
NUMBER OF WOMEN DRAWING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT Unemployment benefit office February 1976 February 1977 February 1978 Ipswich … … … … 67 101 97 Felixstowe … … … … 15 10 10 Stowmarket … … … 13 56 16 Woodbridge … … … 11 17 25 Total … … … … 106 184 148 * Information in respect of earlier years is not available.