§ 53. Mr. Edwin Wainwrightasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the average numbers and percentages of unemployed registered in the Mexborough Employment Exchange area during each of the past six years, and the number and percentage registered at the latest available date.
§ Mr. FernyhoughAnnual averages have not been calculated for local areas180W and this could not be done in the time available. I will with permission circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table of figures for March each year.
Following is the information:
TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE MEXBOROUGH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE MEXBOROUGH AND GOLDTHORPE TRAVEL-TO-WORK AREA IN MARCH, 1962–1968 1962 511 2.2 1963 966 4.0 1964 872 3.4 1965 687 2.7 1966 602 2.5 1967 919 3.9 1968 874 4.5