§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what was the number of people registered as unemployed at the Bedford Employment Exchange at the most recent date for which figures are available; and what was the percentage thereof who are executives;
(2) how many people were registered as unemployed in the Bedford Parliamentary Division on the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 8th November there were provisionally 1,347 people—1,035 men, 231 women and 81 boys and girls—registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Bedford Employment Exchange which includes the Bedford constituency. The number of unemployed executives included in these figures is unknown, but at 24th November there were 107 men and 10 women registered as unemployed at the Bedford Employment Exchange who were also on the Professional and Executive Register held at Luton.