§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Minister of Labour what was the total number of unemployed persons it Coatbridge and Airdrie at the end of 1959; and what percentage of the insurable population this represented.
§ Mr. Heath2,697 at 7th December, 1959. As I explained to the hon. Member in my letter of 18th December, percentage rates of unemployment cannot be computed for Airdrie and Coatbridge. For North Lanarkshire as a whole the rate was 6.4 per cent.