§ Mr. Berryasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the unemployment statistics for London employment office areas for January 1979.
§ Mr. GoldingFollowing is the information at 11 January:
Employment office area and Numbers registered as unemployed Acton … 962 Barking … 1,464 Barnet … 848 Beckenham and Penge … 1,169 Becontree … 575 Bermondsey … 1,048 Bexley … 1,124 Borough … 2,756 Brixton … 6,469 Bromley … 1,255 Camberwell … 4,010 Camden Town … 3,892 Canning Town … 2,250 Chiswick … 832 City of London … 66 Clapham Junction … 3,265 Croydon … 4,784 Dagenham … 1,661 Deptford and Greenwich … 3,005 Ealing … 2,324 East Ham … 1,774 Enfield … 1,563 Erith … 896 Feltham … 545 Finchley … 1,097 Fulham … 3,997 Hackney … 5,155 Hainault … 675 Hammersmith … 5,703 Harrow … 2,152 Hayes … 612 Hendon … 1,018 Holloway … 5,447 Hornchurch … 986 Hotel and Catering Trades … 1,566 Hounslow … 1,389 96W
Employment office area and Numbers registered as unemployed Ilford … 1,891 Kilburn … 1,548 Kings Cross … 2,619 Kingston-upon-Thames … 1,528 Lewisham … 3,928 Leyton and Walthamstow … 4,410 Mill Hill … 1,396 Mitcham … 528 Orpington … 1,573 Poplar … 2,928 Richmond … 907 Romford … 2,182 Ruislip … 685 Shoreditch … 1,651 Sidcup … 990 Southall … 1,678 St. Marylebone … 5,738 Stepney … 2,911 Stratford … 2,245
Streatham … … … 1,201 Sutton … … … 1,967 Tooting … … … 2,201 Tooting JC … … … 896 Tottenham … … … 2,926 Twichenham JC … … … 712 Uxbridge … … … 1,014 Wembley … … … 1,586 West Drayton … … … 246 Westminister … … … 4,902* Willesden … … … 1,967 Wimbledon … … … 1,558 Wood Green … … … 2,571 Woolwich … … … 4,394 *This figure includes some Professional and Executive registrants from other areas.