HC Deb 03 February 1970 vol 795 cc98-101W
100. Mr. Brooks

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the details of male, female and juvenile unemployment in each of the exchange areas of the Wirral Peninsula during the mid-summer and mid-winter periods of the past 10 years; and what percentage unemployment these numbers represented.

Mr. Dell

The following is the information:

Men Boys Women Girls Total Percentage rate*
June, 1967 1,210 44 366 26 1,646 2.9
December, 1967 1,243 41 258 25 1,567 2.9
June, 1968 1,405 44 141 23 1,613 2.8
December, 1968 1,728 47 180 25 1,980
June, 1969 1,682 76 151 40 1,949
December, 1969 1,992 85 231 55 2,363
Bebington
June, 1960 259 28 189 17 493
December, 1960 271 16 175 11 473
June, 1961 176 8 112 10 306
December, 1961 248 15 133 10 406
June, 1962 424 14 134 13 585
December, 1962 490 21 186 18 715
June, 1963 465 26 156 5 652
December, 1963 345 19 200 13 577
June, 1964 350 10 83 1 444
December, 1964 278 17 116 9 420
June, 1965 227 4 43 2 276
December, 1965 256 6 76 10 348
June, 1966 236 3 86 4 329
December, 1966 322 10 113 7 452
June, 1967 303 8 54 4 369
December, 1967 304 6 86 4 400
June, 1968 341 5 60 9 415
December, 1968 385 4 81 13 483
June, 1969 400 11 57 4 472
December, 1969 515 20 77 12 624
Wallasey
June, 1960 631 26 450 19 1,126
December, 1960 817 33 451 24 1,325
June, 1961 624 20 285 11 940
December, 1961 799 34 353 9 1,195
June, 1962 862 69 399 39 1,369
December, 1962 1,248 90 547 60 1,945
June, 1963 966 53 558 45 1,652
December, 1963 1,016 108 560 43 1,727
June, 1964 842 51 455 20 1,368
December, 1964 778 54 430 30 1,292
June, 1965 589 23 348 15 975
December, 1965 671 22 224 22 939
June, 1966 504 25 171 26 726
December, 1966 701 37 279 21 1,038
June, 1967 745 36 265 20 1,066
December, 1967 804 35 240 21 1,100
June, 1968 776 23 178 19 996
December, 1968 884 27 209 25 1,145
June, 1969 986 2 89 22 1,226
December, 1969 1,303 72 238 34 1,647
Hoylake
June, 1960 140 76 216 4.1
December, 1960 154 40 194 3.7
June, 1961 150 1 48 2 201 4.1
December, 1961 173 1 45 3 222 4.5
June, 1962 163 5 44 1 213 40
December, 1962 227 6 93 4 330 6.2
June, 1963 200 2 55 2 259 4.6
December, 1963 210 12 55 8 285 5.1
June, 1964 156 2 46 3 207 3.3
December, 1964 174 2 65 2 243 3.9
June, 1965 140 32 1 173 2.8
December, 1965 167 3 32 1 203 3.3
June, 1966 140 2 27 1 170 2.5
December, 1966 166 2 22 1 191 2.9
June, 1967 156 2 20 1 179 2.9
December, 1967 190 2 29 3 224 3.6
June, 1968 185 20 1 206 3.5
December, 1968 198 6 12 3 219
June, 1969 203 1 43 4 251
December, 1969 274 7 47 3 331

Men Boys Women Girls Total Percentage rate*
Neston
June, 1960 46 52 98 5.3
December, 1960 41 37 78 4.2
June, 1961 35 2 31 2 70 3.4
December, 1961 50 2 30 1 83 4.0
June, 1962 61 2 37 1 101 4.9
December, 1962 70 2 33 2 107 5.2
June, 1963 43 9 37 4 93 3.9
December, 1963 55 5 38 4 102 4.3
June, 1964 50 2 29 1 82 3.4
December, 1964 62 1 36 2 101 4.2
June, 1965 37 1 26 1 65 2.6
December, 1965 49 5 36 2 92 3.7
June, 1966 47 1 12 3 63 2.3
December, 1966 77 4 10 3 94 3.4
June, 1967 78 3 9 1 91 3.8
December, 1967 82 1 23 3 109 4.6
June, 1968 87 1 16 3 107 4.5
December, 1968 93 3 12 3 111
June, 1969 100 1 8 3 112
December, 1969 122 3 12 2 139
* Until June, 1968, percentage rates are available collectively for Birkenhead, Bebington and Wallasey (shown against Birkenhead) and separately for Hoylake and Neston. From July, 1968, rates are available only for the whole of the Liverpool travel-to-work area which, in addition to Birkenhead, Bebington, Wallasey, Hoylake and Neston, also includes the Liverpool, Bootle, Crosby, Ellesmere Port, Garston, Kirkby, Old Swan, Prescot, Regent Road and Walton Employment Exchange areas. The percentage rates for the Liverpool travel-to-work area at December, 1968, June, 1969 and December, 1969 were 3.5, 3.7 and 4.0, respectively.