Unemployment, Merseyside

HC Deb 28 January 1971 vol 810 c165W

42. Mr. Heffer

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the figures of unemployment on Merseyside in January, 1971, and January, 1970.

Mr. Dudley Smith

In the Merseyside Development Area the numbers registered as unemployed at January, 1971, and January, 1970, were 37,178 and 31,230 respectively.