§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of unemployed persons in Leicestershire at the latest available date; and what is that figure expressed as a percentage of the available working population in the county.
§ Mr. John FraserOn 11th March 1974, 5,240 people were unemployed and the rate of unemployment was 1.6 per cent. Rates of unemployment are calculated by expressing the numbers unemployed as a percentage of the estimated number of employees, employed and unemployed.