HC Deb 02 December 1966 vol 737 cc164-6W
Mr. Clegg

asked the Minister of Labour how many of the unemployed in Fleetwood and Thornton Cleveleys are clerks or normally employed in clerical, services.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

Occupational analyses of wholly unemployed men and women are made each March, June, September and December.

At 12th September, 1966, there were 153 (99 men and 54 women) registered as wholly unemployed at Fleetwood and

TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICES IN FLEETWOOD AND THORNTON CLEVELEYS, AND IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
Fleetwood and Thornton Cleveleys United Kingdom
Numbers Unemployed Percentage rate Numbers Unemployed Percentage rate
12th November, 1945* … … … 67 0.5 290,766 2.1
11th November, 1946* … … … 142 0.8 395,225 2.5
10th November, 1947* … … … 213 1.3 293,023 1.8
15th November, 1948 … … … 419 2.0 354,659 1.7
14th November, 1949 … … … 531 3.4 350,592 1.7
13th November, 1950 … … … 867 5.2 326,089 1.5
12th November, 1951 … … … 584 3.2 322,959 1.5
10th November, 1952 … … … 753 4.2 450,316 2.1
16th November, 1953 … … … 642 3.7 358,307 1.7
15th November, 1954 … … … 536 3.0 293,051 1.3
14th November, 1955 … … … 469 2.6 255,438 1.2
12th November, 1956 … … … 557 3.1 293,391 1.3
11th November, 1957 … … … 611 3.2 350,268 1.6
17th November, 1958 … … … 977 5.0 575,499 2.6
16th November, 1959 … … … 958 5.3 463,534 2.1
14th November, 1960 … … … 701 3.8 385,039 1.7
13th November, 1961 … … … 832 4.4 423,292 1.8
12th November, 1962 … … … 1,022 5.2 578,966 2.5
11th November, 1963 … … … 1,039 5.4 507,962 2.2
9th November, 1964 … … … 821 4.3 376,788 1.6
8th November, 1965 … … … 901 4.8 348,851 1.5
14th November, 1966 … … … 1,377 7.3 576,530 2.4
* Figures prior to the introduction of the National Insurance Scheme in 1948 are not comparable with those for later years.

Mr. Clegg

asked the Minister of Labour what percentage of the men unemployed in Fleetwood and Thornton Cleveleys are over the age of 50 years.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

Detailed age analyses of the unemployed register are made only in January and July each year. They relate to the wholly unemployed and exclude casual and temporarily stopped workers. At 11th July, 1966, men aged 50 and over formed 68.4 per cent. of all wholly unemployed men registered at the Fleetwood and Thornton Cleveleys Employment Exchanges.

Mr. Clegg

asked the Minister of Labour how many boys and girls in Fleetwood and Thornton Cleveleys are unemployed.

Thornton Cleveleys Employment Exchanges whose last employment was in clerical work.

Mr. Clegg

asked the Minister of Labour if he will publish a table showing the total numbers and the percentage unemployed in Fleetwood and Thornton Cleveleys and in the rest of the United Kingdom in each year from 1945 to the latest convenient date.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

Following is the information for Fleetwood and Thornton Cleveleys and for the United Kingdom.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

At 14th November, 1966, the latest date for which information is available, 15 boys and 37 girls were registered as unemployed at the Fleetwood Youth Employment Office, which covers both Fleetwood and Thornton Cleveleys.