§ Mr. Dormandasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if he will publish the number of unemployed in the Easington constituency at the latest available date; and how this number compares with the national average on a percentage basis.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 8th June, 1970, 1,488 persons were registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Peterlee and Wingate Employment Exchanges, which approximates broadly to the Easington constituency, and the percentage rate of unemployment was 6.1. At that date the percentage rate for Great Britain was 2.4.