§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity, taking the development areas as a whole, what was the total number of jobs in them at October, 1964, and at the nearest convenient date, respectively.
§ Mr. FernyhoughEmployment estimates for the development areas are made for each mid-year but those for mid-1968 are not yet available. At mid-1964 and mid-1967 the number of employees in employment were 4,758,000 and 4,710,000 respectively.