HC Deb 13 July 1978 vol 953 cc712-3W
Mr. MacGregor

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the numbers of unemployed, and the appropriate percentage rates, where available, for the Attleborough, Wymondham, Diss and Thetford areas for the months of June 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978.

Mr. Golding

The first table below gives the numbers unemployed for the employment office areas specified. Unemployment rates can be given only for complete travel-to-work areas and the second table gives information for the Norwich travel-to-work area, which includes Attleborough and Wymondham,

NUMBERS UNEMPLOYED
Attleborough Wymondham Diss Thetford
June 1974 … … … 103 116 262 107
June 1975 … … … 241 238 484 269
June 1976 … … … 329 322 606 400
June 1977 … … … 378 399 693 465
June 1978 … … … 350 331 575 446

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES (Per cent.)
Norwich travel-to-work area Diss Thetford travel-to-work area
June 1974 … … … … 1.9 3.5 2.1
June 1975 … … … … 2.8 4.5 4.5
June 1976 … … … … 4.5 5.8 5.8
June 1977 … … … … 5.0 6.7 6.9
June 1978 … … … … 4.9 5.5 6.0

Mr. Bendall

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide figures showing the total number of people who have suffered periods of unemployment since March 1974.

Mr. Golding

I regret that this information is not available.