§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Minister of Labour if he will set out in tabular form the numbers unemployed, with percentages, for the years 1961, 1962 and on the latest date, for the whole country, for the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and for the North Staffordshire area, respectively; and if he will give the figures for the same areas for men and women under 18 years of age.
§ Mr. HareThe following table gives the information required: 113W
NUMBERS OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN STOKE-ON-TRENT, NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE AND GREAT BRITAIN AT THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES — Stoke-on-Trent North Staffordshire (excl. Stoke-on-Trent) Great Britain Total unemployed Percentage rate Boys under 18 included in Total Girls under 18 included in Total Total unemployed Percentage rate Boys under 18 included in Total Girls under 18 included in Total Total unemployed Percentage rate Boys under 18 included in Total Girls under 18 included in Total 16th January, 1961 2,100 1.4 74 33 1,168 1.8 54 29 418,899 1.9 14,357 10,741 13th February, 1961 1,977 1.3 32 27 1,044 1.6 18 7 389,680 1.7 10,619 8,139 13th March, 1961 1,936 1.3 23 22 989 1.5 15 2 350,838 1.6 7,969 6,553 10th April, 1961 1,976 1.3 66 42 1,072 1.6 78 55 340,061 1.5 12,623 8,692 15th May, 1961 1,880 1.2 31 18 880 1.3 7 3 299,276 1.3 7,064 5,301 12th June, 1961 1,771 1.2 20 21 850 1.3 5 6 265,912 12 5,665 4,009 10th July, 1961 1,792 1.2 16 13 854 1.3 19 16 258,550 1.1 7,997 5,431 14th August, 1961 1,877 1.2 94 94 1,559 2.3 415 356 305,243 1.4 26,414 17,715 11th September, 1961 1,968 1.3 88 72 1,110 1.7 110 122 317,033 1.4 17,222 11,385 16th October, 1961 1,980 1.3 33 27 938 1.4 18 18 365,745 1.6 10,946 8,158 13th November, 1961 1,916 1.3 23 13 976 1.5 10 13 387,354 1.7 10,154 7,620 11th December, 1961 2,035 1.3 24 14 942 1.4 9 5 389,409 1.7 9,354 6,811 15th January, 1962 2,336 1.5 89 60 1,301 2.0 73 52 461,036 2.0 21,087 13,892 12th February, 1962 2,257 1.5 40 47 1,105 1.7 5 27 453,797 2.0 15,940 11,906 12th March, 1962 2,164 1.4 39 26 1,110 1.7 12 15 441,801 2.0 13,318 10,176 9th April, 1962 2,184 1.4 33 30 1,031 1.5 17 10 438,762 2.0 12,747 9,507 14th May, 1962 2,159 1.4 67 46 1,055 1.6 37 28 423,800 1.9 17,278 11,729 18th June, 1962 2,108 1.4 46 41 1,009 1.5 25 18 397,183 1.8 13,290 8,680 16th July, 1962 2,182 1.4 52 34 1,035 1.6 37 20 400,418 1.8 16,401 11,389 13th August, 1962 2,389 1.6 160 150 1,925 2.9 518 396 464,376 2.1 44,761 32,006 10th September, 1962 2,556 1.7 164 155 1,504 2.3 198 142 465,138 2.1 34,903 24,453 15th October, 1962 2,706 1.8 97 103 1,369 2.1 73 57 501,378 2.2 23,018 17,313 12th November, 1962 2,790 1.8 75 67 1,472 2.2 39 32 544,667 2.4 21,134 15,431 114W
Notes: 1. The figures for Stoke-on-Trent include Stoke-on-Trent, Burslem, Hanley and Longton Employment Exchanges and the Stoke-on-Trent Youth Employment Office. 2. The figures for North Staffordshire include Biddulph, Cheadle, Kidsgrove, Leek, Newcastle under Lyme and Stone Employment Exchanges and Youth Employment Offices.