§ Mr. Randallasked the Minister of Labour how many persons, male and female, and persons under 18 years of age, male and female, respectively, were registered as unemployed at the July 1964 count in the Gateshead employment 137W area and the Northern Region, respectively; what were the comparable figures for each of the years 1959 to 1963; what percentage the total figures for each of the years represents of unemployment; what was the percentage increase or
— Numbers unemployed in the Gateshead and Felling Employment Exchange areas Tyneside Group Men Boys Women Girls Per cent. July,1964 … 1,237 104 198 20 2.8 July,1963 … 1,830 177 322 67 3.9 July,1962 … 1,452 77 277 32 3.1 July,1961 … 1,004 19 238 16 2.2 July,1960 … 1,199 15 243 19 2.8 July,1959 … 1,296 30 399 28 3.2 Percentage change between 1959 and 1960 … -8 -50 -39 -32 — 1960 and 1961 … -16 +27 -2 -16 — 1961 and 1962 … +45 +305 +16 +100 — 1962 and 1963 … +26 +130 +16 +109 — 1963 and 1964 … -32 -41 -39 -70 —
— Numbers and percentage unemployed in the Northern Region Men Boys Women Girls Per cent. July, 1964 … 26,258 1,761 7,376 1,111 2.8 July, 1963 … 36,306 3,755 9,503 2,201 4.0 July, 1962 … 30,218 2,277 7,900 1,206 3.2 July, 1961 … 18,303 596 5,468 431 1.9 July, 1960 … 22,070 950 6,956 535 2.3 July, 1959 … 26,756 1,004 8,396 687 2.9 Percentage change between 1959 and 1960 … -18 -5 -17 -22 — 1960 and 1961 … -17 -37 -21 -19 — 1961 and 1962 … +65 +282 +45 +180 — 1962 and 1963 … +20 +65 +20 +83 — 1963 and 1964 … -28 -53 -22 -50 — On 8th July there were 766 unfilled vacancies notified to the Gateshead and Felling Employment Exchanges and 11,830 to Employment Exchanges in the Northern Region.