HC Deb 17 December 1971 vol 828 cc201-2W
Mr. Stokes

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give figures for the number of unemployed persons in Oldbury and Halesowen at the last most convenient date.

Mr. Dudley Smith

At 6th December, the provisional number of people registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Oldbury employment exchange was 821, of whom 261 were temporarily stopped. The corresponding figures for the Halesowen area were 841 and 419.