Mr. H. Wilsonasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the total number of persons whose cards are normally exchanged at the Kirkby Employment Exchange and the number of these who were unemployed at the latest date, distinguishing adult males, boys, adult females, and girls, respectively, together with the unemployment percentages involved.
§ Mr. HareOn 10th July, 1961, 597 men, 35 boys, 214 women and 10 girls were registered as unemployed at Kirkby Employment Exchange and Youth Employment Office. Separate insured employee figures and unemployment percentages are not available for Kirkby alone, but for the North Merseyside travel-to-work area as a whole the unemployment percentage was 3.7 for males and 1.2 for females.