§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the total number registered as unemployed at the Bedford District employment exchange; and how this figure compares with six months and one year ago.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkIn the area covered by the Bedford employment exchange, the total numbers of people registered as unemployed at May, 1972, November, 1971, and May, 1971, were 1,002, 1,347 and 1,108 respectively. The figure for May, 1972 is provisional.