§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide a breakdown according to occupation, industry, age and duration of unemployment of the number of males and females unemployed on the latest available date at the Edinburgh, Leith and Portobello employment exchanges.
§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were 395W registered as unemployed at the Edinburgh, Leith and Portobello exchanges on the latest available date; what were the corresponding figures six months ago and a year ago; and how many men,
NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE EDINBURGH, LEITH AND PORTOBELLO EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES Men Boys Women Girls Total July, 1971 … … … 7,752 484 893 175 9,304 January, 1971 … … … 7,100 209 866 70 8,245 July, 1970 … … … 6,052 345 671 75 7,143