§ Mr. Anthony Grantasked the Secretary of State for Employment what the percentage unemployment of the Chesterfield travel-to-work area for each month from December 1973 to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. GoldingFollowing is the information:
RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE CHESTERFIELD TRAVEL-TO-WORK AREA 1973 1974 1975 (per cent.) 1976 January … — 3.2 — 5.1 February … — 3.1 3.6 5.1 March … — 3.1 3.5 5.0 April … — 3.2 3.5 5.0 May … — 3.1 3.6 5.0 June … — 3.0 3.7 5.6 July … — 3.1 4.2 6.5 August … — 3.7 5.3 — September … — 3.7 5.3 — October … — 3.4 4.9 — November … — 3.4 4.9 — December … 2.7 — 5.0 — Because of industrial action at local offices of the Employment Service Agency information for December 1974 and January 1975 is not available.