§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will list the percentage of unemployed, the 262W percentage of male unemployed and the absolute numbers of unemployed, for greater Manchester as a whole and for each of the employment exchanges in greater Manchester, for the months of February, 1970, and February, 1971.
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§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE MANCHESTER TRAVEL-TO-WORK AREA Males Total, males and females Employment Exchange Areas February 1970 February, 1971 February, 1970 February 1971 Manchester … … … … 4 205 4 685 4,635 5,250 Altrincham … … … … 783 669 858 768 Eccles … … … … 333 334 372 436 Irlam … … … … 84 103 92 125 Levenshulme … … … … 555 572 602 671 Marple … … … … 107 101 122 120 Middleton … … … … 583 719 613 796 Newton Heath … … … … 801 802 843 871 Openshaw … … … … 969 937 1,028 1,062 Prestwich … … … … 227 298 262 358 Salford … … … … 1,579 1,721 1,711 1,874 Stockport … … … … 1,761 2,032 2,004 2,312 Stretford … … … … 779 1,076 865 1,230 Swinton … … … … 236 325 273 389 Wilmslow … … … … 118 184 134 211 Withington … … … … 706 752 801 909 Worsley … … … … 371 534 421 717 Wythenshawe … … … … 1,213 1,426 1,335 1,640 Manchester travel-to-work area … 15,410 17,270 16,971 19,739 Percentage rates … … … 3.5 4.0 2.4 2.8 Percentage rates can be calculated for the Manchester travel-to-work area as a whole but no separately for its constituent parts. The figures for February, 1971, are provisional.