§ Mr. David Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of registered unemployed persons in the Basingstoke area at the latest available date and on the corresponding date on each of the last three years.
§ Mr. GoldingFollowing is the information:
Numbers registered as unemployed in the Basingstoke Employment Office area February 1974 522 February 1975 657 February 1976 1,319 February 1977 1,877