§ 89. Dame Irene Wardasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the regional unemployment figures to the latest convenient date; and how these compare with the national average.
§ Mr. FernyhoughFollowing are the provisional figures for January, 1968.
Ministry of Labour Region Total numbers registered as unemployed Percentage rates of unemployment London and South Eastern 105,750 1.8 Eastern and Southern 56,212 2.0 South Western 39,524 2.9 West Midlands 64,466 2.7 East Midlands 29,530 2.1 Yorkshire and Humberside 55,160 2.6 North Western 79,523 2.6 Northern 62,300 4.7 Scotland 95,293 4.3 Wales 43,222 4.3 GREAT BRITAIN 630,980 2.7
§ Mr. Harry Howarthasked the Minister of Labour if he will list the number of registered unemployed in the Wellingborough constituency, showing the numbers of males and females separately, in each of the years from 1960 to 1967, and at the latest available date; and 27W how these compare with the national average.
TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE WELLINGBOROUGH AND RUSHDEN EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN THIS AREA AND IN GREAT BRITAIN Percentage rate Males Females Total Wellingborough and Rushden Great Britain 11th January, 1960 … 172 81 253 0.7 2.1 16th January, 1961 … 122 119 241 0.7 1.9 15th January, 1962 … 193 83 276 0.8 2.0 14th January, 1963 … 1,015 164 1,179 3.4 3.5 13th January, 1964 … 228 80 308 0.9 2.2 11th January, 1965 … 208 60 268 0.8 1.6 10th January, 1966 … 220 65 285 0.8 1.5 9th January, 1967 … 543 91 634 1.8 2.5 8th January, 1968(provisional) … 420 81 501 1.4 2.7