HC Deb 12 February 1981 vol 998 c426W
Mr. Skinner

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many women are currently unemployed in the county of Derbyshire as compared with the number in December 1979; and what is the percentage rate of increase of female unemployment in the county of Derbyshire as compared with the rate of female unemployment nationally.

Mr. Peter Morrison

At 15 January 1981 there were 8,610 females registered as unemployed in the county of Derbyshire compared with 4,204 at 6 December 1979, an increase of 104.8 per cent. The corresponding increase in the United Kingdom was 66.9 per cent.