§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the estimated number of employees in employment in the Leyton and Waltham-stow area in 1961; and what is the latest available figure.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithI regret that employment estimates are available only for Greater London as a whole and not for individual districts.
§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of redundancies notified to the Leyton and Walthamstow office for the first 11 months of each year from 1961 to 1971.
§ Mr. BryanFigures for this area are available only from 1966, and these are not comprehensive since they cover only redundancies involving 20 or more employees in any one firm in any one month. The figures recorded for the first 11 months of each year are: 1966,364W 814; 1967, 493; 1968, 690; 1969, 1,022; 1970, 1,058; and 1971, 985.
§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the numbers of registered unemployed in the Leyton and Walthamstow area each November from 1961 to 1971, together with the respective percentage unemployment rates.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the available information:
Numbers registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Leyton and Walthamstow Employment Exchange November,1961 1,037 November,1962 1,384 November,1963 1,206 November,1964 721 November,1965 638 November,1966 1,433 November,1967 1,739 November,1968 1,765 November,1969 1,490 November,1970 1,578 November,1971 2,435 Rates of unemployment can be calculated for the whole of the Greater London area, but not separately for Leyton and Walthamstow.