§ Mr. Milneasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the total job loss in the Blyth constituency and the Northern Region in the period from January, 1971 to May, 1972.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithPrecise information about job gains and job losses is not available, but an indication of net changes can be obtained by comparing employment estimates for different dates. The latest date for which information for local areas is available is June, 1970. For the Northern Region the latest quarterly estimate, which is provisional, is for September, 1971. Between December, 1970, and September, 1971, the estimated number of employees in employment in the Northern Region decreased by 43,000.