Falmouth and Redruth

HC Deb 25 July 1960 vol 627 cc78-9W

43. Mr. Hayman

asked the Minister of Labour how many persons were registered as unemployed at his Department's Falmouth and Redruth Employment Exchanges, respectively, at each monthly count since 14th March, 1960; and what percentages these are of the numbers of insured persons.

Mr. Heath

Following is the Answer:

NUMBER OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT THE FALMOUTH AND REDRUTH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AT THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES AND THE PERCENTAGES THEY REPRESENT OF THE ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES IN THE AREA
Falmouth
—	Males	Females	Total	Per cent.
11th April 1960	390	88	478	5.0
16th May 1960	464	68	532	5.5
13th June 1960	933	46	979	10.2
11th July 1960	671	36	707	7.3

Redruth (Redruth and Camborne*)
—	Males	Females	Total	Per cent.
11th April 1960	266	121	387	4.2
16th May 1960	240	110	350	3.8
13th June 1960	261	85	346	3.6
11th July 1960	219	71	290	3.2
*Separate percentage rates cannot be computed for Redruth alone; those shown are for the combined area of Redruth and Camborne.