§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons normally employed within the building and construction industry were registered as unemployed at employment exchanges within the Bishop Auckland constituency on 1 March 1979 and 1 March of the current year.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe numbers registered as unemployed are analysed quarterly according to the industry in which they last worked. The latest such analysis was for February 1980 and the following table gives information for this date, and for February 1979, for those employment office areas wholly or mainly within the Bishop Auckland constituency.
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February 1979 Barnard Castle 71 Bishop Auckland 403 Newton Aycliffe 128 February 1980 Barnard Castle 60 Bishop Auckland 434 Newton Aycliffe 130 London's report on the possible hardship to users if this service were to be withdrawn. I am now considering this and hope to announce my decision shortly.