§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the numbers registered as unemployed in Birkenhead in May 1979 and at the latest available date; and if he will divide the data according to whether the claimant was male or female.
§ Mr. Alison[pursuant to his reply, 15 July 1982, c. 433]: At May 1979 there were 7,078 people—5,294 males and 1,784 females—registered as unemployed in the Birkenhead employment office area. The corresponding number at June 1982 was 12,804—9,469 males and 3,335 females. The figures include school leavers and are not seasonally adjusted.