§ 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 June, 1965, count at the Gateshead Employment Exchange and associated Youth Employment Office, and in the Northern
Date Numbers registered as unemployed at the Gateshead Employment Exchange and associated Youth Employment Office Tyneside Group %* rate Men Boys Women Girls Total June, 1965 … … … 836 60 107 9 1,012 2.2 June, 1964 … … … 1,089 80 155 14 1,338 3.1 June, 1963 … … … 1,542 216 211 33 2,002 4.3 June, 1962 … … … 1,111 96 214 18 1,439 3.2 Percentage changes between:— 1962 and 1963 … … … +39 +125 -1 +83 +39 1963 and 1964 … … … -29 -63 -27 -58 -33 1964 and 1965 … … … -23 -25 -31 -36 -24
Date Numbers registered as unemployed in the Northern Region Men Boys Women Girls Total % June, 1965 … … … 21,028 1,032 5,625 602 28,287 2.2 June, 1964 … … … 28,227 1,757 7,736 999 38,719 3.0 June, 1963 … … … 40,054 4,148 9,976 2,357 56,535 4.3 June, 1962 … … … 30,397 2,549 8,052 1,145 42,143 3.2 Percentage changes between:— 1962 and 1963 … … … +32 +63 +24 +106 +34 1963 and 1964 … … … -30 -58 -23 -58 -32 1964 and 1965 … … … -26 -41 -27 -40 -27 * A separate percentage of unemployment cannot be quoted for the area of the Gateshead Employment Exchange and associated Youth Employment Office which form part of the Tyneside travel-to-work group. There were on 9th June, 1,198 unfilled vacancies notified to the Gateshead Employment Exchange and associated Youth Employment Office and 16,178 to Employment Exchanges and Youth Employment Offices in the Northern Region.