§ Miss Quennellasked the Secretary of State for Employment what axe the figures for unemployed school-leavers in the Petersfield constituency to the nearest 32W convenient date, compared with the same figure in October last.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt March, 1972, the provisional number of school-leavers registered as unemployed at the Basing-stoke Careers Office was 4 (3 boys and 1 girl). The corresponding figure for October, 1971, was 20 (13 boys and 7 girls). Information is available only for the whole of the Basingstoke Careers Office area, part of which is in the Petersfield constituency.
§ Miss Quennellasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the figures for adult wholly unemployed in the Petersfield constituency, for males and females, both numerically and as a percentage, to the nearest convenient date, compared with the same figure in October last.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithIn the area covered by the Petersfield and Alton employment exchanges, at March, 1972, the provisional numbers of men and women aged 18 years and over registered as wholly unemployed were 408 and 65, respectively, and the percentage rates of unemployment for the wholly unemployed were 3.9 males and 1.1 for females. The corresponding figures for October, 1971, were 339, 53, 3.3 and 0.9.