§ Mr. David Jamesasked the Minister of Labour what were the unemployment figures in Brighton on every 1st January and 1st July since 1957; and what percentage of employable people they represented at each date.
§ Mr. HareFigures are available only for the day of the month on which the 71W count of people registering as unemployed is made. Following is the information:
UNEMPLOYMENT AT BRIGHTON EMPLOYMENT Ex-CHANGE AND HOVE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT —— Numbers unemployed Percentage of insured employees 14th January, 1957 … 3,412 3.9 15th July, 1957 … 1,737 2.0 13th January, 1958 … 3,272 3.8 14th July, 1958 … 2,474 2.3 12thJanuary,1959 … 4,106 4.6 13th July, 1959 … 2,271 2.1 11th January, 1960 … 3,281 3.6 11th July, 1960 … 1,800 2.0 16th January, 1961 … 2,584 2.8 10th July, 1961 … 1,545 1.7 15th January, 1962 … 2,838 3.1 16th July, 1962 … 1,890 2.1 14th January, 1963 … 5,079 5.6