§ Mr. Madelasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average number of people unemployed in the South Bedfordshire parliamentary constituency in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. GoldingThe following table shows the numbers unemployed in the area covered by the Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard employment offices at June and December in the last 10 years. The numbers unemployed in local areas are not available on an annual average basis.
June 1967 … … 281 December 1967 … … 310 June 1968 … … 217 December 1968 … … 228 June 1969 … … 191 December 1969 … … 282 June 1970 … … 227 December 1970 … … 381 June 1971 … … 441 December 1971 … … 676 June 1972 … … 633 December 1972 … … 477 June 1973 … … 339 December 1973 … … 313 June 1974 … … 406 December 1974 … … —* June 1975 … … 919 December 1975 … … 1,426 June 1976 … … 1,664 December 1976 … … —* June 1977 … … 1,620 * No figures are available for December 1974 and 1976 because of industrial action by some staff in the Department of Employment Group.
§ Mr. Madelasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average number of school leavers and young people unemployed in the South Bedfordshire parliamentary constituency in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. GoldingThe only months for which the numbers of unemployed school leavers are available for local areas throughout the whole of the period are June and December. The number of young people under 20 years of age are obtained from an analysis made in January and July. In the table below this 61W information is given for the area covered by the Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard employment offices.
Nos. of unemployed school leavers June 1967 … … — December 1967 … … — June 1968 … … 1 December 1968 … … — June 1969 … … — December 1969 … … — June 1970 … … 1 December 1970 … … 3 June 1971 … … 2 December 1971 … … 1 June 1972 … … 3 December 1972 … … — June 1973 … … — December 1973 … … 1 June 1974 … … 1 December 1974 … … ..* June 1975 … … 19 December 1975 … … 66 June 1976 … … 234 December 1976 … … ..* June 1977 … … 202 * No figures are available for January 1974 because of the energy crisis and for December 1974, January 1975 and December 1976 because of industrial action by some staff in the Department of Employment Group.
Nos. of unemployed young people under 20 years of age January 1967 … … 51 July 1967 … … 61 January 1968 … … 40 July 1968 … … 29 January 1969 … … 23 July 1969 … … 21 January 1970 … … 33 July 1970 … … 31 January 1971 … … 69 July 1971 … … 82 January 1972 … … 92 July 1972 … … 77 January 1973 … … 50 July 1973 … … 26 January 1974 … … ..* July 1974 … … 48 January 1975 … … ..* July 1975 … … 315 January 1976 … … 303 July 1976 … … 979 January 1977 … … 350 * No figures are available for January 1974 because of the energy crisis and for December 1974, January 1975 and December 1976 because of industrial action by some staff in the Department of Employment Group.