§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of registered unemployed persons in the Leicester area at the latest available date and on the corresponding date on each of the last two years.
§ Mr. John FraserFollowing is the information:
Numbers unemployed in the Leicester Employment Office area January 1974 3,871 February 1975 7,043 January 1976 14,366 * Because of industrial action at local offices of the Employment Service Agency figures for January 1975 are not available.