§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the approximate number of unemployed persons at the latest available date in the area covered by the Liverpool, Scotland Exchange constituency; and what this figure is as a percentage of the working population.
§ Mr. AlisonThe numbers registered as unemployed are compiled for employment office areas and not for parliamentary constituencies. At 15 April, the provisional number of people registered as unemployed in the Liverpool employment office area, which is larger than the Liverpool, Scotland Exchange constituency, was 19,434.
Percentage rates of unemployment are calculated for complete travel-to-work areas and not for their constituent parts. At 15 April, the provisional unemployment rate in the Liverpool travel-to-work area, of which the Liverpool employment office area is a part, was 18.4 per cent. The rate is based on the estimated number of employees, employed and unemployed, which differs from the working population in that it excludes members of Her Majesty's Forces and the self-employed.