§ 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 February,
Date Numbers unemployed in the Gateshead and Felling Employment Exchange areas Men Boys Women Girls Total Tyneside Group per cent. rate* February, 1965 … … 1,451 62 245 14 1,772 3.1 February, 1964 … … 1,989 137 389 26 2,541 4.3 February, 1963 … … 3,571 271 401 75 4,318 6.9 February, 1962 … … 1,665 122 279 17 2,083 3.5 Percentage change between:— 1962 and 1963 … … +115 +122 +44 +341 +107 1963 and 1964 … … -44 -49 -3 -65 -41 1964 and 1965 … … -27 -55 -37 -46 -30 Date Numbers unemployed in the Northern Region Men Boys Women Girls Total per cent. rate February, 1965 … … 29,636 1,429 7,856 999 39,920 3.1 February,1964 … … 38,552 2,447 10,314 1,603 52,916 4.1 February, 1963 … … 71,642 5,684 11,508 3,526 92,360 7.1 February, 1962 … … 34,195 2,534 8,186 1,411 46,326 3.6 Percentage change between:— 1962 and 1963 … … +110 +124 +41 +150 +99 1963 and 1964 … … -46 -57 -10 -55 -43 1964 and 1965 … … -23 -42 -24 -38 -25 *A separate percentage rate of unemployment cannot be quoted for the areas of the Gateshead and Felling Employment Exchanges which form part of the Tyneside travel-to-work area. There were on 3rd February, 877 unfilled vacancies notified to the Gateshead and Felling Employment Exchanges and 9,886 to Employment Exchanges in the Northern Region.