§ Miss Quennellasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will give figures for those registered at the offices of her Department as unemployed in the Petersfield constituency to the most convenient date; and how these compare with the same figures at the same time of year two years ago.
§ Mr. DellFollowing is the information:
TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN THE AREAS COVERED BY THE PETERSFIELD AND ALTON EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES Males Females Total 9th February 1970 (provisional) Petersfield … … 264 22 286 Alton … … 116 25 141 12th February 1968 Petersfield … … 228 37 265 Alton … … 118 26 144