HC Deb 20 January 1969 vol 776 cc6-8W
Mr. Pardoe

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will state the unemployment rate for the Newquay group, Bude, Camelford, Launceston and Wadebridge employment exchange areas for each month since January, 1962.

Mr. Fernyhough

Following is the information:

Percentage rates of unemployment
Newquay and Perranporth Bude Camelford Launceston Wadebridge*
1964
13th January … … … 6.9 4.8 7.4 1.7 5.2
10th February … … … 6.5 5.1 7.4 1.7 5.2
16th March … … … 5.4 5.0 6.2 1.5 5.2
13th April … … … 4.6 4.7 5.1 1.4 3.7
11th May … … … 3.4 3.9 4.7 1.5 4.9
15th June … … … 1.5 2.4 2.7 1.2 2.7
13th July … … … 1.3 2.4 2.0 1.0 2.9
10th August … … … 1.4 2.4 2.7 1.1 2.9
14th September … … … 2.0 2.2 2.9 1.2 3.6
12thOctaber … … … 5.3 3.4 5.1 1.3 5.2
9th November … … … 6.0 4.1 6.2 1.6 6.6
7th December … … … 6.2 4.4 6.5 1.5 7.0
1965
11th January … … … 6.5 4.3 7.1 1.7 7.5
8th February … … … 5.9 4.2 6.9 1.7 7.3
8th March … … … 5.8 4.1 7.0 1.5 6.8
12th April … … … 5.2 3.7 5.5 1.4 6.7
10th May … … … 3.8 3.2 5.0 1.5 3.8
14th June … … … 1.7 2.1 2.8 1.2 3.9
12th July … … … 1.3 1.8 2.4 1.2 3.8
9th August … … … 1.6 2.5 2.9 1.5 3.9
13th September … … … 2.8 2.6 3.5 1.5 4.5
11th October … … … 4.9 3.7 6.1 2.1 6.3
8th November … … … 7.0 4.4 6.9 2.0 8.2
6th December … … … 7.2 4.6 7.6 1.9 8.3
1966
10th January … … … 7.1 5.0 8.0 2.4 7.9
14th February … … … 6.7 5.1 7.3 2.0 7.6
14th March … … … 6.4 5.0 6.9 2.0 7.0
18th April … … … 4.9 4.3 6.1 1.7 6.8
16th May … … … 3.7 3.4 4.5 1.8 4.1
13th June … … … 1.5 2.8 2.6 2.0 2.7
11th July … … … 1.4 2.8 2.4 1.7 2.8
8th August … … … 1.7 3.0 2.3 1.6 4.1
12th September … … … 2.9 3.9 2.8 2.0 3.7
10th October … … … 6.3 6.2 5.9 2.3 6.7
14th November … … … 8.2 6.9 8.5 2.6 8.8
12th December … … … 8.8 7.2 11.0 3.0 8.6
1967
9th January … … … 9.1 8.2 11.5 3.1 8.9
13th February … … … 8.8 7.4 10.4 3.1 8.6
13th March … … … 7.8 6.8 9.7 3.0 7.9
10th April … … … 7.1 6.1 8.6 2.7 7.5
8th May … … … 6.1 4.9 6.8 2.4 7.1
12th June … … … 2.7 4.0 4.7 2.5 4.8
10th July … … … 2.5 3.9 3.9 2.2 4.8
14th August … … … 2.6 4.6 3.8 2.2 5.4
11th September … … … 3.5 4.7 4.3 2.2 5.8
9th October … … … 7.7 6.8 6.0 2.5 8.1
13th November … … … 9.0 8.1 7.8 2.8 10.7
11th December … … … 9.5 8.1 8.5 2.6 10.6
1968
8th January … … … 9.3 8.0 8.7 3.0 10.4
12th February … … … 9.4 8.0 7.3 2.7 9.0
11th March … … … 8.3 7.7 7.0 2.7 8.4
8th April … … … 7.5 7.6 6.5 2.3 6.7
13th May … … … 5.8 5.7 5.8 2.3 5.5
10th June … … … 3.1 5.1 3.9 2.2 4.5
8th July … … … 2.4 5.6 3.3 1.9 5.3
12th August … … … 3.2 4.8 3.6 2.0 4.8
9th September … … … 3.0 5.8 4.0 2.1 4.4
14th October … … … 7.8 7.0 6.1 2.3 8.7
11th November … … … 9.2 8.0 6.9 2.5 9.8
9th December … … … 9.5 7.5 6.8 2.3 9.5
1969
13th January (provisional) … … … 9.2 8.2 7.5 2.5 9.7
*Until April, 1964, the percentage relates to the area covered by both Wadebridge and Bodmin Employment Exchanges. For later dates it relates to Wadebridge only.