95. Mr. H. Wilsonasked the Minister Labour the numbers unemployed at the latest available date in the areas of Prescot, Huyton and Kirkby, respectively, and comparable numbers for a year and two years earlier.
§ .Mr. Iain MacleodThe following table is the reply giving the information desired so far as it is available.
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF THE PRESCOT AND KLRKBY EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AT THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES Employment Exchange 12th March, 1956 11th March, 1957 17th March, 1958 *Prescot (including Huyton) 899 1,025 1,331 †Kirkby — 461 761 * The part-time office at Huyton is administered by the Prescot Employment Exchange. † In 1956 Kirkby was in the area of the Walton Employment Exchange. The figures for this employment exchange for 1957 and for 1958 excluded young persons under 18.