§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the unemployment figures for each month of 1979 for the first 11 months for Shipley and Bingley in Yorkshire.
§ Mr. Jim LesterFollowing is the information:
EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AREA Shipley Bingley January 1979 922 292 February 1979 994 281 March 1979 950 245 April 1979 921 238 May 1979 890 231 June 1979 862 244 July 1979 1,015 306 August 1979 961 310 September 1979 825 299 October 1979* 799 266 November 1979* 840 264 *Following the introduction of fortnightly attendance and payment of benefit the figures from October 1979 are likely to be slightly higher than they would have been under weekly attendance.