§ Mr. Muddasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the numbers of people recorded in full-time employment in West Cornwall as at 1st January and 1st July for each of the years 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973. 1974, 1975, 1976 and 582W 1977, together with the figures of unemployment for each of the same dates.
§ Mr. GoldingEmployment estimates for local areas are available only for June each year. The following table gives the numbers of full-time employees in employment and the numbers of people registered as unemployed in West Cornwall, that is, the area covered by the Camborne, Redruth, Hayle, Falmouth, Helston, Newquay, Penzance, St. Austell, St. Ives and Truro employment offices.
Full-time Employees in Employment (000's) June 1970 … … … — June 1971 … … … 71.4 June 1972 … … … 71.1 June 1973 … … … 73.9 June 1974 … … … 74.6 June 1975 … … … 73.0 June 1976 … … … — June 1977 … … … — Unemployed June 1970 … … … 3,001 June 1971 … … … 3,283 June 1972 … … … 3,923 June 1973 … … … 2,486 June 1974 … … … 2,871 June 1975 … … … 6,034 June 1976 … … … 9,207 June 1977 … … … 10,060 The employment estimates are from censuses of employment which were introduced in June 1971. The latest estimates for local areas are for June 1975. Those for 1976 will be available shortly and I will send them to the hon. Member. Comparable figures for June 1970 are not available.