§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, in view of the Government's acceptance of some of the proposals of the National Board for Prices and Incomes on the pay of university teachers, he will now refer schoolteachers' salaries to the Board.
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TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AT 14TH APRIL 1969 IN EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AREAS IN LANARKSHIRE Men 18 and over Boys under 18 Women 18 and over Girls under 18 Total Percentage rate* Airdrie … … 639 30 238 13 920 4.5 Bellshill … … 308 12 171 7 458 Blantyre … … 333 13 44 7 397 Cambuslang … 216 5 41 12 274 Carluke … … 72 3 32 3 110 Coatbridge … … 882 26 407 35 1,350 East Kilbride … 189 15 83 4 291 Hamilton … … 817 16 356 11 1,200 Larkhall … … 261 9 139 8 417 Motherwell … 488 29 263 13 793 Uddingston … 301 8 102 3 414 Wishaw … … 592 20 338 22 972 Lanark … … 289 12 107 6 17 5.0 Lesmahagow … 285 2 37 6 330 12.1 Shotts … … 218 2 137 3 360 5.5 * Percentage rates of unemployment are calculated by expressing the total numbers registered as unemployed as percentages of the estimated numbers of employees, employed and unemployed. Percentage rates can be calculated for the whole of the North Lanarkshire travel-to-work area but not separately for its constituent parts.