HC Deb 14 January 1976 vol 903 cc157-8W
Mr. John Evans

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will undertake research to establish the reason for the increase in the North-West Region's unemployment figures relative to other regions.

Mr. John Fraser

No. Over the last year the increase in unemployment in the North-West was below that in the country as a whole and the region experienced the second lowest increase in unemployment of all the English regions.