§ Mr. David Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what is the number unemployed in the London area; what proportion of these are aged 21 and under and 25 and under, respectively; and which are the three localities in England with the highest proportion of unemployed persons aged under 21 and under 25, respectively.
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MEN Basic Non-Graduate Burnham Scales October Industrial earnings per week Men (21 years and over) Per annum Minimum Equivalent Per week Col. (4) as percentage of Col.(2) Per annum Maximum Equivalent per week Col. (7) as percentage of Col. 2 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) £ s. d. £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. 1959 13 11 1 520 10 0 0 73.8 1,000 19 4 7 141.9 1960 14 10 8 520 10 0 0 68.8 1,000 19 4 7 132.3 1961 15 6 10 520 10 0 0 65.2 1,000 19 4 7 125.4 1962 15 17 3 570 10 19 2 69.1 1,170 22 10 0 141.8 1963 16 14 11 630 12 2 4 72.3 1,250 24 0 10 143.6 1964 18 2 2 630 12 2 4 66.9 1,250 24 0 10 132.7 1965 19 11 9 730 14 0 10 71.7 1,400 26 18 6 137.5 1966 20 6 1 730 14 0 10 69.1 1,400 26 18 6 132.6 1967 21 7 6 800 15 7 8 72.0 1,500 28 16 11 134.9 1968 22 19 11 800 15 7 8 66.9 1,500 28 16 11 125.4 1969 23 18 3 860 16 10 10 69.2 1,600 30 15 5 128.7
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe numbers registered as wholly unemployed, except casual workers, are analysed in January and July each year by broad age bands which distinguish those under 20 and those under 25 years of age but not those aged21 and under, and 25 and under. At 14th July, 1969, there were 54,331 persons registered as wholly unemployed in the Greater London area. Excluding the casual workers, 8.7 per cent. were under 20 and 21.8 per cent. were under 25years of age. At that date the regions of England with the highest proportions of these wholly unemployed in those age groups were Northern, North Western and Yorkshire and Humberside.