Shipley and Bingley

HC Deb 05 December 1979 vol 975 c206W

Mr. Cryer

asked 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 Lester

Following 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.