§ Mr.Peter Morrisonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the numbers of people registered as unemployed in the city of Chester travel-to-work area for each month of 1974 with the average figure for that year, and for the months of 1978 for which figures are available.
§ Mr.GoldingThe following table gives the information for the Chester employment office area.
1974 Numbers unemployed January 1,314 February 1,285 March 1,278 April 1,354 May 1,294 June 1,207 July 1,391 August 1,550 September 1,622 October 1,561 November 1,588 December* — Average for 1974 1,404 1978 January 3,712 February 3,530 March 3,364 April 3,404 May 3,281 June 3,610 *Because of industrial action by some staff in the Department of Employment Group, figures for December 1974 are not available.