asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in respect of both the employment office areas within each Greater London borough and in respect of the area of each London borough the figures of unemployed persons registered in March 1974 September 1974 and September 1978, or the latest available date.
The following table gives the numbers of people registered as unemployed in the employment office areas which most closely correspond to the London boroughs. Some employment office areas are substantial components of more than one borough and have been shown more than once. For this reason the figures for the boroughs cannot be added together to give a total for the whole of Greater London.
| Total numbers unemployed | ||||
| March | September | September | ||
| London Borough and Employment Office Areas | 1974 | 1974 | 1978 | |
| BARKING: | ||||
| Barking, Becontree, Dagenham | … | 1,670 | 1,622 | 3,847 |
| BARNET: | ||||
| Barnet, Finchley, Hendon, Mill Hill (Burnt Oak) | … | 1,787 | 2,082 | 4,752 |
| BEXLEY: | ||||
| Bexley, Erith, Sidcup | … | 1,369 | 1,226 | 3,383 |
| BRENT: | ||||
| Hendon, Kilburn, Wembley, Willesden | … | 1,655 | 1,984 | 7,212 |
| BROMLEY: | ||||
| Beckenham, Bromley, Orpington, Sidcup | … | 2,286 | 2,603 | 5,544 |
| CAMDEN: | ||||
| Camden Town, Kings Cross, St. Marylebone | … | 3,983 | 4,261 | 12,374 |
| CITY OF LONDON: | ||||
| City | … | 33 | 65 | 70 |
| CROYDON: | ||||
| Croydon | … | 1,480 | 1,598 | 5,356 |
| EALING: | ||||
| Acton, Ealing, Southall, Willesden | … | 2,621 | 2,719 | 8,078 |
| ENFIELD: | ||||
| Enfield, Tottenham, Wood Green | … | 2,569 | 3,180 | 7,890 |
| GREENWICH: | ||||
| Deptford, Woolwich | … | 2,717 | 2,633 | 8,079 |
| HACKNEY: | ||||
| Hackney, Shoreditch | … | 2,662 | 2,638 | 7,295 |
| HAMMERSMITH: | ||||
| Fulham, Hammersmith, Willesden | … | 5,227 | 5,126 | 12,123 |
| HARINGEY: | ||||
| Tottenham, Wood Green | … | 2,119 | 2,485 | 6,278 |
| HARROW: | ||||
| Harrow | … | 839 | 956 | 2,602 |
| HAVERING: | ||||
| Dagenham, Hornchurch, Romford | … | 2,414 | 2,287 | 5,154 |
| HILLINGDON: | ||||
| Hayes, Ruislip, Uxbridge | … | 955 | 1,105 | 2,717 |
| HOUNSLOW: | ||||
| Chiswick, Feltham, Hounslow | … | 894 | 1,000 | 2,965 |
| ISLINGTON: | ||||
| Holloway, Kings Cross | … | 2,646 | 2,948 | 8,057 |
| KENSINGTON: | ||||
| Fulham, Hammersmith, Westminster* | … | 6,712 | 6,772 | 14,480 |
| KINGSTON: | ||||
| Kingston | … | 745 | 809 | 1,660 |
| LAMBETH: | ||||
| Borough, Brixton, Streatham | … | 4,577 | 4,043 | 10,837 |
| LEWISHAM: | ||||
| Deptford, Lewisham | … | 3,209 | 3,112 | 7,528 |
| MERTON: | ||||
| Mitcham, Wimbledon | … | 767 | 915 | 2,255 |
| NEWHAM: | ||||
| Canning Town, East Ham, Stratford | … | 2,546 | 2,318 | 6,620 |
| REDBRIDGE: | ||||
| Ilford | … | 1,134 | 1,044 | 2,019 |
| RICHMOND ON THAMES: | ||||
| Hammersmith, Kingston, Richmond | … | 4,135 | 4,265 | 8,258 |
| SOUTHWARK: | ||||
| Bermondsey, Borough, Camberwell | … | 3,091 | 3,107 | 8,010 |
| SUTTON: | ||||
| Croydon, Sutton | … | 2,417 | 2,583 | 7,561 |
| TOWER HAMLETS: | ||||
| Poplar, Shoreditch, Stepney, Stratford | … | 4,145 | 3,972 | 10,001 |
| WALTHAM FOREST: | ||||
| Leyton and Walthamstow | … | 1,839 | 1,966 | 4,401 |
| WANDSWORTH: | ||||
| Clapham Junction, Tooting | … | 3,085 | 3,112 | 7,334 |
| WESTMINSTER: | ||||
| City, St. Marylebone, Westminster* | … | 4,122 | 4,405 | 10,638 |
| * The figures include some Professional and Executive registrants from other areas. | ||||
Unemployment statistics are not available for the precise are covered by each London borough.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what was the seasonally adjusted rate of unemployment in each of the first three quarters of the current year, and in the last three-month period for which figures are available, in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Japan, France, Italy and West Germany, using (a) national definitions and (b) United States' definitions;(2) if he will provide estimates of percentage unemployment rates, adjusted to United States' concepts, for the second quarter of 1978 in each of the following countries: the United Kingdom, the United States of America, France,
| SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT PERCENTAGE RATES: 1978 | ||||||||
| National definitions | United States definitions | |||||||
| Quarter | Quarter | |||||||
| Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | Last 3-month period | 1 | 2 | Last 3-month period | |
| United Kingdom | … | 5·9 | 5·8 | 5·8 | 5·8‡ | 6·4¶ | 6·4¶ | 6·3¶ |
| United States | … | 6·2 | 5·9 | 6·0 | 6·0‡ | 6·2 | 5·9 | 5·9§ |
| Canada | … | 8·4 | 8·6 | N.A | 8·5§ | 8·4 | 8·6 | 8·5§ |
| Japan | … | 2·2 | 2 ·3 | N.A | 2·3|| | 2·1 | 2·3 | 2·3|| |
| France* | … | 5·5 | 60 | 6·7 | 6·7‡ | 5·1 | 5·1 | 5·7§ |
| Germany* | … | 5·2 | 4·1 | 4·4 | 4·3‡ | 3·5 | 3·4 | 3·4§ |
| Italy† | … | 7·1 | 6·8 | 7·5 | 7·5 | 3·4 | 3·4 | 3·6 |
| Sweden | … | 2·3 | ||||||
| * Seasonally adjusted rates are not published by France and Germany, but rates on national definitions have been calculated by the Department of Employment expressing the seasonally adjusted levels of unemployment as percentages of the total numbers of employees. | ||||||||
| † Seasonally adjusted data on a national basis not available. Italian statistics are compiled in January (Q1), April (Q2) and July (Q3 and latest data). | ||||||||
| ‡ July to September. | ||||||||
| § June to August. | ||||||||
| ║ May to July. | ||||||||
| ¶ Great Britain only. Last 3-months period June to August. | ||||||||
| Sources: | ||||||||
| National definitions—OECD Economic Indicators and labour attache reports. | ||||||||
| United States definitions—United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. | ||||||||