Unemployment (Mexborough and Wombwell)

HC Deb 03 November 1967 vol 753 cc21-2W

Mr. Edwin Wainwright

asked the Minister of Labour if he will give the number of unemployed, males and females, respectively, who are registeredat

TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AT 9TH OCTOBER 1967 IN THE AREAS COVERED BY MEXBOROUGH AND WOMBWELL EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AND IN GREAT BRITAIN
					Total numbers registered as unemployed
					Males	Females	Total	Percentage rate
Mexborough	…	…	…	…	627	324	951	4.3*
Wombwell	…	…	…	…	231	84	315	3.2*
Great Britain	…	…	…	…	452,492	108,238	560,73	2.4
* Percentage rates can be calculated for travel-to-work areas as a whole but not separately for their constituent parts. The rates shown relate to the Mexborough travel-to-work area, which includes Mexborough and Goldthorpe, and to the Barnsley area, which includes Barnsley, Hoyland, Royston and Wombwell.

for establishments in respect of which S.E.T. refunds are payable or for the service industries.