§ Mr. Youngerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in theOfficial Report the unemployment figures for the Ayr employment exchange area for the month of July for each year since 1945.
§ Mr. Golding,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 27th July 1976; Vol. 916, c.81–82],gave the following information:
The table below shows the numbers unemployed from July 1948, the year in which the present series of figures started:
Number registered as unemployed in the Ayr Employment Office area July 1948 … … … 447 July 1949 … … … 534 July 1950 … … … 509 July 1951 … … … 359 July 1952 … … … 473 July 1953 … … … 486 July 1954 … … … 355 July 1955 … … … 426 July 1956 … … … 366 July 1957 … … … 458 July 1958 … … … 755 July 1959 … … … 878 July 1960 … … … 922 July 1961 … … … 826 July 1962 … … … 1,045 July 1963 … … … 1,386 July 1964 … … … 1,170 July 1965 … … … 1,012 July 1966 … … … 927 July 1967 … … … 1,390 July 1968 … … … 1,366 July 1969 … … … 1,284 July 1970 … … … 1,101 July 1971 … … … 1,501 July 1972 … … … 1,603 July 1973 … … … 1,249 July 1974 … … … 1,325 July 1975 … … … 2,446 July 1976 … … … 3,340