asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number and percentage of unemployed persons registered with the Staines employment office; and how these figures are divided between the various employment categories.

At 9th June, 1,109 people—864 males and 245 females—were registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Staines employment office. Staines is a part of the Greater London travel-to-work area and unemployment rates are calculated only for the whole of this area and not separately for its constituent parts. At 9th June the provisional rate was 4 per cent.The following table gives an industrial analysis of the number unemployed in Staines at 12th May. The analysis is based on the industry in which the unemployed last worked.