§ 66. Mr. Ainsleyasked the Minister of Labour if he will express as a percentage, the number of unemployed, male and female, for the area covered by the Crook Employment Exchange, which includes Weardale, County Durham, at the latest convenient date and that of twelve months previous.
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§ Mr. Iain MacleodIt is not possible to compute a separate percentage rate of unemployment for the Crook Employment Exchange area, but for the combined area of the Bishop Auckland. Crook, Shildon and Spennymoor Employment Exchanges, the unemployment percentage rate at 13th October, 1958, was 4.4 for males and 2.6 for females, compared with 1.5 and 0.7 respectively for 14th October, 1957. The numbers registered as unemployed at the Crook Employment Exchange in October, 1958, were 513 males and 54 females compared with 167 males and 20 females in October, 1957.