§ 80. Mr. Haymanasked the Minister of Labour whether he will give for each county in England and Wales the percentage of unemployment at the last convenient date.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodThe statistics of the employed population and of unemployment are not tabulated by counties and I regret that it is not possible to undertake the very large amount of work that would be involved in the compilation of such figures. Percentage rates of unemployment are, however, computed for the standard regions, and the following are the latest available figures:
NUMBERS OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT 9TH DECEMBER, 1957, EXPRESSED AS PERCENTAGES OF THE ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Region Percentage unemployed London and South Eastern … 1.1 Eastern … 1.5 Southern … 1.4 South Western … 2.2 Midland … 1.0 North Midland … 1.0 East and West Ridings … 1.0 North Western … 1.6 Northern … 1.8 Wales … 3.0