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