HC Deb 03 June 1981 vol 5 c356W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Newham, North-West on Thursday 21 May, Official Report, c. 141, he will give the unemployment figure for Newham for May.

Mr. Peter Morrison

At 14 May 1981, the provisional number of people registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Canning Town, East Ham and Stratford employment offices, which closely corresponds to the London borough of Newham, was 11,914.