§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Minister of Labour if he will set out in tabular form the numbers unemployed and on short time, and the percentage of insured workers, respectively, on the latest date, for each Development Area, the City of Stoke-on-Trent, and the North Staffordshire area respectively.
NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES IN THE UNDERMENTIONED AREAS AT 17TH JUNE, 1957 Area Males Females Total Wholly unemployed Temporarily stopped Total Number Per cent, of the total number of employees in the area Development Areas North Eastern 10,316 4,580 14,704 192 14,896 1.4 West Cumberland 767 292 1,044 15 1,059 1.8 Scottish 19,032 10,656 28,252 1,436 29,688 2.5 South Wales and Monmouthshire 8,623 5,429 13,534 518 14,052 2.0 Wrexham 525 345 857 13 870 2.4 South Lancashire 1,017 1,199 2,164 52 2,216 1.5 North-East Lancashire 490 466 822 134 956 1.1 Merseyside 12,125 4,931 16,916 140 17,056 2.8 County Borough of Stoke-on Trent 1,735 1,225 1,940 1,020 2,960 1.9 North Staffordshire 2,662 1,755 3,217 1,200 4,417 2.0