Stoke-on-Trent

HC Deb 30 November 1962 vol 668 cc112-4W

Mr. Ellis Smith

asked the Minister of Labour if he will set out in tabular form the numbers unemployed, with percentages, for the years 1961, 1962 and on the latest date, for the whole country, for the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and for the North Staffordshire area, respectively; and if he will give the figures for the same areas for men and women under 18 years of age.

Mr. Hare

The following table gives the information required:

NUMBERS OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN STOKE-ON-TRENT, NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE AND GREAT BRITAIN AT THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES
—	Stoke-on-Trent	North Staffordshire (excl. Stoke-on-Trent)	Great Britain
Total unemployed	Percentage rate	Boys under 18 included in Total	Girls under 18 included in Total	Total unemployed	Percentage rate	Boys under 18 included in Total	Girls under 18 included in Total	Total unemployed	Percentage rate	Boys under 18 included in Total	Girls under 18 included in Total
16th January, 1961	2,100	1.4	74	33	1,168	1.8	54	29	418,899	1.9	14,357	10,741
13th February, 1961	1,977	1.3	32	27	1,044	1.6	18	7	389,680	1.7	10,619	8,139
13th March, 1961	1,936	1.3	23	22	989	1.5	15	2	350,838	1.6	7,969	6,553
10th April, 1961	1,976	1.3	66	42	1,072	1.6	78	55	340,061	1.5	12,623	8,692
15th May, 1961	1,880	1.2	31	18	880	1.3	7	3	299,276	1.3	7,064	5,301
12th June, 1961	1,771	1.2	20	21	850	1.3	5	6	265,912	12	5,665	4,009
10th July, 1961	1,792	1.2	16	13	854	1.3	19	16	258,550	1.1	7,997	5,431
14th August, 1961	1,877	1.2	94	94	1,559	2.3	415	356	305,243	1.4	26,414	17,715
11th September, 1961	1,968	1.3	88	72	1,110	1.7	110	122	317,033	1.4	17,222	11,385
16th October, 1961	1,980	1.3	33	27	938	1.4	18	18	365,745	1.6	10,946	8,158
13th November, 1961	1,916	1.3	23	13	976	1.5	10	13	387,354	1.7	10,154	7,620
11th December, 1961	2,035	1.3	24	14	942	1.4	9	5	389,409	1.7	9,354	6,811
15th January, 1962	2,336	1.5	89	60	1,301	2.0	73	52	461,036	2.0	21,087	13,892
12th February, 1962	2,257	1.5	40	47	1,105	1.7	5	27	453,797	2.0	15,940	11,906
12th March, 1962	2,164	1.4	39	26	1,110	1.7	12	15	441,801	2.0	13,318	10,176
9th April, 1962	2,184	1.4	33	30	1,031	1.5	17	10	438,762	2.0	12,747	9,507
14th May, 1962	2,159	1.4	67	46	1,055	1.6	37	28	423,800	1.9	17,278	11,729
18th June, 1962	2,108	1.4	46	41	1,009	1.5	25	18	397,183	1.8	13,290	8,680
16th July, 1962	2,182	1.4	52	34	1,035	1.6	37	20	400,418	1.8	16,401	11,389
13th August, 1962	2,389	1.6	160	150	1,925	2.9	518	396	464,376	2.1	44,761	32,006
10th September, 1962	2,556	1.7	164	155	1,504	2.3	198	142	465,138	2.1	34,903	24,453
15th October, 1962	2,706	1.8	97	103	1,369	2.1	73	57	501,378	2.2	23,018	17,313
12th November, 1962	2,790	1.8	75	67	1,472	2.2	39	32	544,667	2.4	21,134	15,431

Notes:

1. The figures for Stoke-on-Trent include Stoke-on-Trent, Burslem, Hanley and Longton Employment Exchanges and the Stoke-on-Trent Youth Employment Office.

2. The figures for North Staffordshire include Biddulph, Cheadle, Kidsgrove, Leek, Newcastle under Lyme and Stone Employment Exchanges and Youth Employment Offices.