HC Deb 18 October 1971 vol 823 c57W
Mr. Golding

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of persons unemployed in the West Midlands at the latest possible date.

Mr. Dudley Smith

At 13th September there were 128,772 people registered as unemployed in the West Midlands region of whom 52,328 were temporarily stopped. Provisional regional totals for 11th October will be available later this week.