Thanet

Mr. Aitken
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are currently registered as unemployed in Thanet; and how this figure compares with the same date last year.

Mr. John Fraser
On 10th March 1975, 2,276 people were unemployed in the area covered by the Margate, Ramsgate and Sandwich employment offices compared with 1,934 on 11th March 1974.