§ Mr. Mikardoasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the numbers of persons, male and female, currently unemployed in the area corresponding as nearly as possible to the London borough of Tower Hamlets; and what are the categories of trades/occupations involved, and the numbers of unemployed persons, male and female, in each trade/occupation.
§ Mr. John FraserThe numbers of unemployed people registered at employment offices but not those registered at careers offices are analysed by occupation each quarter. The following table shows the most recent figures for the 485W Poplar and Stepney employment offices which cover most of the borough of Tower Hamlets.
UNEMPLOYED AT THE POPLAR AND STEPNEY EMPLOYMENT OFFICES, SEPTEMBER 1974 Occupation Group Males Females Managerial (general management) 3 — Professional and related supporting management and administration 9 — Professional and related in education, welfare and health 19 4 — Literary, artistic and sports 16 4 Professional and related in science, engineering, technology and similar fields 26 2 Managerial (excluding general management) 20 — Clerical and related 86 27 Selling 24 4 Security and protective service 27 — Catering, cleaning, hairdressing and other personal service 260 26 Farming, fishing and related 4 — Materials processing (excluding metal) 114 4 Making and repairing (excluding metal and electrical) 45 5 Processing, making, repairing and related (metal and electrical) 133 — Painting, repetitive assembling, product inspecting, packaging and related 69 7 Construction, mining and related not identified elsewhere 103 1 Transport operating, materials moving and storing and related 294 — Miscellaneous (includinggeneral labourers) 1,092 42 Total: all occupations 2,344 126
§ Mr. Mikardoasked the Secretary of State for Employment how the level of unemployment in the area corresponding as nearly as possible to the London borough of Tower Hamlets compares with the level of unemployment in the other London boroughs.
§ Mr. John FraserThe following table shows the numbers unemployed in the Poplar and Stepney employment office areas, which cover most of the borough of Tower Hamlets, and the corresponding figures for each of the other employment office areas in Greater London. Rates of unemployment are calculated for Greater London as a whole but not separately for parts of Greater London.
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Numbers unemployed in Employment Office areas in Greater London: November 1974 Poplar … 1,167 Stepney … 1,357 Acton … 420 Barking … 580 Barnet … 351 Battersea … 1,410 Beckenham and Penge … 523 Bermondsey … 382 Bexley … 477 Borough … 1,395 Brentford and Chiswick … 392 Brixton … 3,251 Bromley … 792 Camberwell … 1,572 Camden Town … 1,479 Canning Town … 1,038 City of London … 32 Croydon … 1,636 Dagenham … 958 Deptford and Greenwich … 1,097 Ealing … 949 East Ham … 561 Enfield … 483 Erith … 310 Feltham … 115 Finchley … 590 Fulham … 1,501 Hackney … 1,883 Hammersmith … 2,693 Harrow … 1,000 Hayes … 231 Hendon … 515 Holloway … 2,019 Hornchurch … 446 Hounslow … 45 Ilford … 1,074 Kings Cross … 724 Kingston-upon-Thames … 686 Lewisham … 1,853 Leyton and Walthamstowe … 1,831 Mill Hill … 408 Orpington … 505 Richmond … 860 Romford … 789 Ruislip … 357 St. Marylebone … 1,952 Shoreditch … 663 Sidcup … 466 Southall … 407 Stratford … 787 Sutton … 941 Tooting … 1,746 Tottenham … 1,027 Uxbridge … 385 Wembley … 415 Westminster … 3,098 Willesden … 978 Wimbledon … 826 Wood Green … 1,256 Woolwich … 1,339