§ Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the proportion of persons of working age who were unemployed in Bournemouth for each of the past five years; and what were the comparable figures for Southern England and Great Britain.
§ Mr. John FraserFollowing is the information for July each year:
Percentage Rate of Unemployment* Bournemouth travel-to-work area South-East and South-West Regions Great Britain July 1974 (provisional) 2.4 1.6 2.5 July 1973 2.2 1.5 2.4 July 1972 3.4 2.2 3.6 July 1971 3.4 2.1 3.3 July 1970 2.8 1.6 2.4 * The unemployed expressed as a percentage of the estimated number of employees (employed and unemployed).