HC Deb 28 January 1971 vol 810 c161W
31. Mr. Bob Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons were unemployed in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Newburn Urban District, respectively, on 18th June, 1970, and the latest available date.

Mr. Dudley Smith

In the areas covered by the Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Elswick and Walker Employment Exchanges, and by the Newburn Employment Exchange, the numbers registered as unemployed at 8th June, 1970, were 6,627 and 397, respectively. The corresponding provisional figures for 11th January, 1971, were 7,639 and 433. Information is not available for 18th June, 1970.