§ Mr. McGuireasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the present level of unemployment in the Wigan travel-to-work area in numbers and ex-
NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT Men Boys Women Girls Total Numbers registered as unemployed Wigan travel-to-work area October, 1971 (provisional) 2,844 142 563 87 3,636 October, 1970 1,831 69 257 25 2,182 October, 1969 1,545 46 275 29 1,895 October, 1968 1,598 63 324 31 2,016 October, 1967 1,320 56 401 35 1,812 October, 1966 922 58 246 20 1,246 Great Britain October, 1971 (provisional) 706,524 39,639 115,741 24,659 886,563 October, 1970 478,378 23,745 81,894 13,885 597,902 October, 1969 463,710 20,123 76,943 11,557 572,333 October, 1968 441,709 17,923 79,389 10,262 549,283 October, 1967 431,642 20,850 94,333 13,905 560,730 October, 1966 330,677 18,019 75,658 11,891 436,245
Percentage rales of unemployment Wigan travel-to-work area Great Britain Males Females Total Males Female Total October, 1971 (provisional) 7.7 2.2 5.3 5.2 1.6 3.9 October, 1970 4.9 1.0 3.2 3.5 1.1 2.6 October, 1969 4.1 1.0 2.8 3.4 1.0 2.5 October, 1968 4.2 1.3 3.0 3.2 1.0 2.4 October, 1967 3.6 1.5 2.7 3.1 1.3 2.4 October, 1966 2.5 0.9 1.8 2.3 1.0 1.9
§ Mr. McGuireasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many travel-to-work areas are receiving Government aid to help them maintain and attract employment which have a lower rate of unemployment than the Wigan travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 11th October the provisional rate of unemployment for the Wigan travel-to-work area was 5.3 per cent. Unemployment rates can be calculated for 194 areas which are wholly or primarily within the development and intermediate areas. Of these, 85 had rates of 5.2 or less.