§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report details showing the number of males and females over and under 18 years of age, respectively, registering as unemployed in each of the local employment exchanges in Lanarkshire, at the most recent convenient date; and what these figures represent as a percentage of the total insurable population in each respective area.
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§ Mr. John FraserThe numbers unemployed on 14th July 1975 together with the corresponding percentage rates of unemployment are set out in the following table. Rates of unemployment are calculated by expressing the numbers
UNEMPLOYED IN LANARKSHIRE (NOT INCLUDING GLASGOW) ON 14TH JULY 1975 Numbers unemployed Males Females Percentage rates of unemployment* Aged under 18 Aged 18 and over Aged under 18 Aged 18 and over Males Females Airdrie … 538 1,149 439 616 8.4 8.7 Bellshill … 270 473 208 369 Blantyre … — 439 — 240 Carluke … — 87 — 50 Coatbridge … 14 1,163 10 649 East Kilbride … 297 725 189 583 Hamilton … 306 1,079 243 564 Larkhall … 3 322 3 293 Motherwell … 403 757 330 443 Uddingston … 8 391 4 218 Wishaw … 60 794 50 479 Lanark … 195 292 153 148 10.9 8.6 Lesmahagow … 9 199 8 79 15.0 10.0 Shotts … — 333 — 194 8.9 7.2 * Separate rates of unemployment for young people, aged under 18, are not available.