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Mr. Loyden
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of unemployed construction workers in the travel-to-work area of Merseyside.
Mr. Golding
At August 1976, the latest date for which an industrial analysis is available, 12,102 people who last worked in the construction industry were registered as unemployed in the Merseyside special development area, which comprises the Liverpool travel-to-work area plus Runcorn, St. Helens and Widnes.