§ Mr. Dellasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will give the p148rovisional unemployment figure for December, 1971, in Birkenhead, and the December figures in each year as far back as records go.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFigures on a comparable basis are available from 1948 and in the following table information 247W is shown for December of each year from that date:—
Numbers registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Birkenhead Employment Exchange. December 1971 (provisional) 4,704 December 1970 2,568 December 1968 1,980 December 1969 2,363 December 1967 1,567 December 1966 1,542 December 1965 1,244 December 1964 1,867 December 1963 2,948 December 1962 3,428 December 1961 1,919 December 1960 2,300 December 1959 2,532 December 1958 2,618 December 1957 1,733 December 1956 1,467 December 1955 1,055 December 1954 1,566 December 1953 1,995 December 1952 1,958 December 1951 1,051 December 1950 1,494 December 1949 2,029 December 1948 2,178