HC Deb 09 December 1971 vol 827 cc340-1W
22. Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are now unemployed in the City of Leicester; and how many were unemployed in June, 1970.

Mr. Dudley Smith

In the area covered by the Leicester Employment Exchange, the number registered as unemployed at November, 1971, was 5,658 of whom 942 were temporarily stopped. The corresponding figures for June, 1970, were 3,151 and 675.