§ Mr. Woodasked the Minister of Labour if she will provide a list of those employment exchange areas outside the development areas where the average monthly percentage of men and women unemployed between April, 1967, and March, 1968, inclusive, exceeded 4 per cent., 5 per cent. and 6 per cent., respectively.
§ Mr. FernyhoughPercentage rates of unemployment—relating to the total numbers registered as unemployed—are
TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN SCOTLAND Men Boys Women Girls Total 21st April, 1952 … … … 39,301 1,930 25,417 2,650 69,298 13th April, 1953 … … … 42,467 1,924 24,007 1,806 70,204 12th April, 1954 … … … 40,705 1,544 22,346 1,523 66,118 18th April, 1955 … … … 32,074 1,929 18,185 1,387 53,575 16th April, 1956 … … … 33,116 1,496 18,785 1,558 54,955 15th April, 1957 … … … 37,405 1,429 19,597 1,101 59,532 14th April, 1958 … … … 51,264 2,812 22,369 1,947 78,392 13th April, 1959 … … … 66,151 4,699 26,167 2,195 99,212 11th April, 1960 … … … 58,161 2,992 23,101 1,511 85,765 10th April, 1961 … … … 46,930 2,414 19,238 1,280 69,862 9th April, 1962 … … … 55,053 2,757 20,250 1,817 79,877 8th April, 1963 … … … 78,925 5,364 26,681 3,229 114,199 13th April, 1964 … … … 57,713 3,622 22,917 2,042 86,294 12th April, 1965 … … … 45,079 2,455 18,699 1,460 67,693 18th April, 1966 … … … 40,573 1,977 14,882 1,020 58,452 10th April, 1967 … … … 60,360 2,932 20,404 1,958 85,654 8th April, 1968 … … … 63,099 2,726 17,693 1,611 85,129