HC Deb 29 June 1982 vol 26 c280W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were unemployed in the travel-to-work area covering the constituency of Macclesfield in each month of 1982.

Mr. Alison

The following table gives the numbers registered as unemployed in the Macclesfield employment office area and also in the Congleton employment office area, a substantial part of which is in Macclesfield parliamentary constituency.

1982
Macclesfield employment office area Congleton employment office area
January 2,720 1,075
February 2,647 1,064
March 2,622 1,052
April 2,751 1,060
May 2,796 1,019
June* 2,918 1,089
* Provisional.