§ Mr. Edgeasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will review the operation of the industrial tribunals with a view to extending the time allowed for an application for a review of or appeal against a tribunal decision.
§ Mr. BoothNo. These time limits have been found to be generally adequate and there is already power for them to be extended in appropriate individual cases.
Numbers unemployed Percentage rate of unemployment Bodmin January 1973 … 128 2.6 percent. January 1974 … 135 2.7 percent. February 1975 … 307 6.1 percent. January 1976 … 465 9.3 percent. Liskeard January 1973 … 261 An unemployment rate can be calculated only for the combined area of Liskeard and Looe January 1974 … 211 February 1975 … 309 January 1976 … 510 January1973 … 9.1percent Looe January 1974 … 7.5 per cent. January 1973 … 268 February 1975 … 9.1 per cent. January 1974 … 222 January 1976 … 14.3 per cent. February 1975 … 220 January 1976 … 319 Saltash January 1973 … 152 An unemployment rate can be calculated only for the plymouth travel to work area as a whole January 1974 … 148 February 1975 … 263 January 1976 … 510 January 1973 … 3.3 percent. Devonport January 1974 … 3.2 percent. January 1973 … 889 February 1975 … 4.8 percent. January 1974 … 824 January 1976 … 8.0 percent. February 1975 … 1,423 January 1976 … 2,360 St. Austell January 1973 … 766 3.9 percent. January 1974 … 541 2.8 percent. February 1975 … 964 4.9 per cent. January 1976 … 1,603 8.2 per cent. Because of industrial action at local offices of the Employment Services Agency figures for January 1975 are not available.
Rates of unemployment are calculated by expressing the numbers unemployed as a percentage of the estimated total number of employees including the unemployed. Rates can be calculated for travel-to-work areas as a whole but not separately for their constituent parts.