HC Deb 22 November 1971 vol 826 cc267-9W
74. Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the unemployment rate in the departmental regions, respectively, East Midlands and East Anglia, London North, London South, London West, North

ber, 1971, and the numbers of such men in each of the above exchanges wholly unemployed for more than 52 weeks and for more than 104 weeks in October, 1971.

Mr. Dudley Smith

The following table shows the available information for 12th July, the latest date for which a detailed age analysis of the unemployed is available:

MEN AGED 55 YEARS AND OVER REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED AT THE BURNTISLAND, KIRKCALDY AND LEVEN AND METHIL EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AT 12TH JULY, 1971, AND THE NUMBERS OF THESE WHO HAD BEEN REGISTERED FOR MORE THAN 52 WEEKS
Total men aged 55 years and over Number registered for more than 52 weeks
Burntisland 23 10
Kirkcaldy 283 157
Leven and Methil 361 223

The analysis does not identify those registered for more than 104 weeks.

73. Mr. Gourlay

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the total numbers of people in the Burntisland, Kirkcaldy and Leven employment exchanges, respectively, who had been wholly unemployed for more than 26 weeks, and for more than 52 weeks in October, 1971; and what were the corresponding figures in 1970 and 1969.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Following is the information:

Western Manchester, North Western Merseyside, Scotland, Wales, South Western, Northern Yorkshire and Humberside, and West Midland, for each quarter since January, 1970.

Mr. Dudley Smith

The following table shows rates of unemployment at three-monthly intervals in the London and South Eastern and the Eastern and Southern administrative regions, the standard regions, Greater London, the Manchester travel-to-work area and the

PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT
Jan., 1970 Apr., 1970 July, 1970 Oct., 1970 Jan., 1971 Apr., 1971 July, 1971 Oct., 1971 Nov., 1971*
London and South Eastern … 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.9 1.7 1.9 2.0
Eastern and Southern … 2.1 2.1 1.8 1.8 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.8
South East … … … 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.9 2.0 1.9 2.1 2.2
East Anglia … … … 2.3 2.3 1.8 2.1 2.8 3.3 2.9 3.2 3.3
South West … … … 3.2 2.9 2.5 2.8 3.4 3.5 3.1 3.6 4.0
West Midlands … … 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.5 3.3 3.8 5.3 5.5
East Midlands … … … 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.7 3.4 3.0 3.3 3.3
Yorkshire and Humberside … 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.9 3.3 3.7 3.9 4.4 4.5
North West … … … 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.8 3.2 3.8 4.0 4.5 4.7
North … … … … 5.1 5.2 4.5 4.6 5.1 5.5 5.6 6.1 6.4
Wales … … … … 4.3 4.1 3.6 4.1 4.4 4.6 4.6 5.0 5.2
Scotland … … … 4.4 4.1 4.3 4.5 5.3 5.7 6.2 6.3 6.6
Greater London … … 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.8
Manchester travel-to-work area 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.6 3.0 3.3 3.6 3.8
Merseyside Development Area 3.9 4.1 3.9 4.1 4.6 5.1 5.4 6.4 6.5
* Provisional.