HC Deb 09 December 1971 vol 827 cc354-5W
68. Mr. Heffer

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the figures for the unemployed in the Liverpool travel-to-work area, for the Walton division of Liverpool, and for the Merseyside development area, respectively; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Dudley Smith

At 8th November the numbers of people registered as unemployed in the Liverpool travel-to-work area, the Walton Employment Exchange area and the Merseyside Development Area were 47,782; 5,634 and 52,592, respectively. The numbers of temporarily stopped workers included in these figures were 1,991; 1,546 and 2,011, respectively.