HC Deb 25 November 1971 vol 826 cc428-31W
Mr. O'Halloran

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of wholly unemployed persons registered at employment exchanges in the Greater London area on 8th November, 1971; how this compares with the same period last year; if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the numbers for each employment exchange; and if he will give similar details regarding the number of unemployed school-leavers.

Mr. Dudley Smith

The total numbers of people registered as wholly unemployed in Greater London at November, 1971, and November, 1970, were 79,051 and 58,863, respectively. The numbers of school-leavers included in these figures were 569 and 236. The following tables show the numbers registered at separate Employment Exchanges and Careers Offices:

November, 1971 (provisional) November, 1970
Camberwell 1,924 1,552
Camden Town 1,854 1,539
Canning Town 1,556 1,158
City of London 1,049 885
Croydon 2,427 1,399
Dagenham 1,252 1,019
Deptford/Greenwich 1,432 1,042
Ealing 1,269 787
East Ham 961 859
Enfield 599 392
Erith 642 795
Feltham 325 158
Finchley 688 530
Fulham 1,193 1,397
Hackney 2,119 1,633
Hammersmith 3,477 2,732
Harrow 975 796
Hayes 485 242
Hendon 656 448
Holloway 2,087 1,796
Hornchurch 655 483
Hotel and Catering Trades 243 229
Hounslow 745 421
Ilford 1,351 973
King's Cross 1,351 829
Kingston-on-Thames 942 701
Lewisham 2,384 1,858
Lcyton and Walthamstow 2,356 1,526
Mill Hill 449 338
Orpington 543 428
Poplar 1,307 918
Richmond 820 736
Romford 1,134 753
Ruislip 454 346
St. Marylebone 2,348 2,170
Shorcditch 680 541
Sidcup 720 596
Southall 580 397
Stepney 1,910 1,477
Stratford 1,096 718
Sutton 944 628
Tooting 2,529 1,897
Tottenham 1,314 932
Uxbridge 549 293
Wembley 703 394
Westminster 1,475 1,485
Willesden 2,252 1,286
Wimbledon 1,216 803
Wood Green 1,363 963
Woolwich 1,836 1,412
NUMBERS OF WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED BOYS AND GIRLS REGISTERED AT CAREERS OFFICES IN GREATER LONDON, INDICATING HOW MANY OF THESE WERE SCHOOL-LEAVERS
Total boys and girls School-leavers included In total
November 1971 (provisional) November, 1970 November, 1971 (provisional) November, 1970
Acton 33 20 8 3
Balham 82 66 11 7
Barbican 55 25 5
Barking 26 34 1
Barkingside 15 19 2 2
Barnet 17 13 4 3
Beckenham and Penge 16 29 4 8
Bexley 36 22 11 5
Brixton 119 143 27 43
Bromley 51 34 6 4
Camden Town 66 28 10 3
Carshalton 36 28 12 6
Catford 103 71 2 3
Central London 9 3 1
Total boys and girls School-leavers included in total
November 1971 (provisional) November, 1970 November 1971 (provisional) November, 1970
Chingford 4 1
Chiswick 16 1 4
Clapham Junction 73 108 11 16
Croydon 93 53 10 9
Dagenham 58 53 6 2
Ealing 33 21 11 3
Edmonton 13 7 2 2
Elephant and Castle 87 50 8 6
Eltham 51 27 11 4
Enfield 40 17 8 1
Erith 60 29 4
Feltham 29 15 4 2
Friern Barnet 26 31 6 3
Fulham 52 43 1
Greenford 86 50 36 14
Hackney 104 61 22 10
Harold Hill 18 12 2
Harrow 40 47 6 4
Hayes 23 18 2 2
Hendon 24 19 1 3
Holloway 103 90 21 17
Hornchurch 25 12 1 1
Hornsey 27 18 6 6
Hounslow 31 15 6 4
Ilford 34 27 6 4
Kingston-on-Thames 24 23 8 3
Lewisham Way 97 50 18 5
Leyton 26 20 6 1
Merton 9 10 3 1
Mitcham 9 2
Newham East 59 41 25 8
Newham West 97 60 12 1
Orpington 44 29 10 4
Paddington 47 28 7
Peckham 101 74 22 13
Poplar 58 40 3 2
Putney 47 38 8 5
Richmond 10 19 7
Romford and Rainham 55 48 5 7
Ruislip-Northwood 24 7 6 3
Sidcup 29 15 9 6
Southgate 25 5 11
Stepney 46 40 2 2
Sutton 14 13 1
Tottenham 69 65 13 6
Twickenham 19 17 4 5
Uxbridge 33 14 8 6
Walthamstow 16 7 2 1
Wembley 36 28 14 13
West Drayton 40 10 15
West London 83 101 7 8
Willesden 94 47 26 6
Woodford 10 7 1 2
Woolwich 133 93 25 18