HC Deb 03 March 1969 vol 779 cc24-5W
Dr. John Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what percentage of male workers were registered as unemployed in each of the last three months and in February, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968 in Camborne/Redruth, in Falmouth, in Helston, in the South-Western development area, in the development areas as a whole and in Great Britain outside the development areas.

Mr. Fernyhough

Unemployment statistics for development areas have been calculated monthly since August, 1966, and were produced retrospectively for

PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR MALES
Camborne and Redruth Falmouth Helston South Western Development Area All Development Area Great Britain outside the Development Areas
10th February, 1969
(provisional) 5.8 7.5 12.3 6.6 5.6 2.8
13th January, 1969 6.4 7.7 13.1 6.8 5.8 2.8
9th December, 1968 6.1 7.0 11.7 6.4 5.3 2.6
12th February, 1968 6.9 7.9 12.5 6.6 5.4 3.0
13th February, 1967 6.5 7.7 11.3 6.4 4.9 2.8
13th June, 1966 3.1 6.4 4.0 2.8 2.7 1.0
14th February, 1966 4.3 11.2 6.7
14th June, 1965 3.3 15.5 3.8 3.3 2.8 1.0
8th February, 1965 3.8 4.4 5.1