§ Mr. Hall-Davisasked the Secretary of of State for Employment what was the
PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE LANCASTER AND MORECAMBE TRAVEL-TO-WORK AREA AND IN THE LOUGHBOROUGH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AREA Lancaster and Morecambe Loughborough Males Females Total Males Females Total 1971 September … 7.4 2.1 5.3 2.4 1.0 1.9 October … … 7.5 2.3 5.4 2.0 0.9 1.6 November … 7.9 2.6 5.8 2.4 0.9 1.8 December … 8.3 2.6 6.0 2.7 0.9 2.0 1972 January … … 8.9 3.0 6.5 3.1 0.9 2.3 February … 11.4 7.5 9.8 6.6 4.3 5.8 March … … 8.4 2.6 6.1 2.6 0.8 1.9 April … … 8.5 2.5 6.1 2.9 0.8 2.2 May … … 7.9 2.0 5.5 2.4 0.7 1.8 June … … 6.7 1.5 4.6 2.1 0.7 1.6 July … … 7.0 1.7 4.9 2.5 0.8 1.9 August … … 7.3 2.1 5.2 2.5 1.0 2.0 September … 7.4 2.1 5.3 2.5 1.0 1.9 October (Provisional) 6.9 2.2 5.0 3.4 1.7 2.8