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Mr. Deakins
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest monthly unemployment figure for the Walthamstow and Leyton area; and what were the comparable figures for one, two and three years previously.
Mr. Dudley Smith
At January, 1972 there were provisionally 2,731 people registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Leyton and Walthamstow Employment Exchange. The figures for January, 1971, January, 1970, and January, 1969, were 2,025, 1,788 and 1,696 respectively.