§ Mr. James Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what were the numbers registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Glasgow Employment Exchange in the years 1969, 1970, 1971, and to the latest convenient date;
Glasgow City* Bridgeton Employment Exchange area Wholly unemployed Temporarily stopped Total registered unemployed Wholly unemployed Temporarily stopped Total registered unemployed February, 1969 … 21,433 142 21,575 2,318 5 2,323 February, 1970 … 22,595 107 22,702 2,595 7 2,602 February, 1971 … 29,381 356 29,737 3,036 33 3,069 February, 1972 (provisional) … 37,707 6,602 44,309 3,843 66 3,909 * The Glasgow Professional and Executive Employment Office and the area covered by the Glasgow (South Side), Bridgeton, Easterhouse, Govan, Hillington, Kinning Park, Maryhill, Parkhead, Partick and Springburn Employment Exchanges.