asked the Secretary of State for Employment what number and percentage of people were unemployed in Bradford in January, 1970, and at the latest available date in January, 1972, respectively; and if he will make a statement on these figures.

At 10th January, 1972, there were, provisionally, 7,883 people registered as unemployed in the Bradford and Shipley travel-to-work area, of whom 226 were temporarily stopped, and the rate of unemployment was 4·8 per cent. The corresponding figures for January, 1970, were 4,017, 191 and 2·5.