HC Deb 25 November 1971 vol 826 cc427-8W
Mr. Dell

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will give the unemployment figure for Birkenhead in November, 1971, and for each previous year as far back as records go.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Figures on a comparable basis are available from 1948. In the following table information is shown for November of each year from that date:

NUMBERS OF WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED MEN AND WOMEN REGISTERED AT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES IN GREATER LONDON
November, 1971 (provisional) November, 1970
Acton 681 409
Barking 716 581
Barnet 307 259
Battersea 1,616 1,308
Beckenham and Penge 786 476
Bermondsey 532 401
Bexley 657 523
Borough 1,401 1,121
Brentford/Chiswick 450 327
Brixton 4,133 2,955
Brixton 4,133 2,955
Bromley 674 495

Numbers registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Birkenhead Employment Exchange.
November, 1948 2,184
November, 1949 2,255
November, 1950 1,635
November, 1951 1,282
November, 1952 2,044
November, 1953 1,983
November, 1954 1,739
November, 1955 1,247
November, 1956 1,389
November, 1957 1,756
November, 1958 2,915
November, 1959 2,565
November, 1960 2,330
November, 1961 2,127
November, 1962 3,348
November, 1963 3,166
November, 1964 2,149
November, 1965 1,398
November, 1966 1,526
November, 1967 1,683
November, 1968 2,067
November, 1969 2,532
November, 1970 2,509
November, 1971 (provisional) 4,644

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