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Mr. Geraint Howells
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people in Ceredigion received unemployment benefit during the month of September; and what were the corresponding figures for 1974 and 1975.
Mr. Deakins
The district of Ceredigion is served by four unemployment benefit offices situated in Aberystwyth, Cardigan, Lampeter and Llandyssul. Statistics are not yet available for the month of September but on 2nd August 1976, 755 persons were receiving unemployment benefit from these offices. The figures for 5th August 1974 and 4th August 1975 were 301 and 571, respectively.