HC Deb 24 February 1975 vol 887 cc48-50W
Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will set out the figures of registered unemployed at each of the employment exchanges situated within the Greater London area on 31st May 1970, 31st May 1974, and the latest available date.

Mr. John Fraser

The numbers unemployed are counted on a selected day

NUMBERS UNEMPLOYED IN GREATER LONDON
May 1970 May 1974 February 1975
Acton 382 376 403
Barking 645 510 724
Barnet 228 306 372
Battersea 1,483 1,203 1,852
Beckenham and Penge 496 416 526
Bermondsey 436 380 429
Bexley 495 451 455
Borough 1,202 1,145 1,491
Brentford and Chiswick 271 297 451
Brixton 2,842 2,828 4,023
Bromley 479 753 830
Camberwell 1,675 1,365 1,853
Camden Town 1,666 1,413 1,738
Canning Town 1,289 1,101 1,256
City of London 669 55 28
Croydon 1,599 1,389 2,062
Dagenham 1,132 900 1,036
Deptford and Greenwich 1,160 1,141 1,362
Ealing 738 861 995
East Ham 1,054 491 729
Enfield 439 415 643
Erith 461 362 430
Feltham 178 114 185
Finchley 450 604 694
Fulham 1,406 1,487 1,900
Hackney 1,973 1,740 2,239
Hammersmith 2,974 2,404 3,041
Harrow 869 823 1,300
Hayes 183 180 282
Hendon 575 395 647
Holloway 2,078 1,744 2,373
Hornchurch 434 415 580
Hounslow 400 361 566
Ilford 1,021 976 1,306
Kings Cross 874 945 1,242
Kingston-on-Thames 670 625 840
Lewisham 2,054 1,876 2,279
Leyton and Walthamstow 1,836 1,702 2,279
Mill Hill 397 358 528
Orpington 416 567 697
Poplar 1,112 1,146 1,355
Richmond 641 673 955
Romford 781 743 1,075
Ruislip 398 334 424
St. Marylebone 2,315 1,428 2,308
Shoreditch 600 579 729
Sidcup 530 471 566
Southall 363 245 511
Stepney 1,829 1,219 1,516
Stratford 876 599 960
Sutton 677 893 1,042
Tooting 1,745 1,611 2,229
Tottenham 1,093 958 1,242
Uxbridge 317 305 542
Wembley 508 349 566
Westminster 1,794 2,363 3,871
Willesden 1,511 796 1,284
Wimbledon 718 760 1,011
Wood Green 943 999 1,417
Woolwich 1,595 1,347 1,570
* The Professional and Executive Service at the London Office was terminated in December 1972. From that date the service has been provided by the Westminster Office.

each month. The figures include those recorded at employment offices and those recorded at careers offices. Following is the information for 11th May 1970, 13th May 1974 and 10th February 1975.