HC Deb 18 June 1968 vol 766 c128W
Mr. Speed

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will list the total registered unemployed, including those temporarily stopped, the percentage which this represents and the unfilled vacancies for the month of May for the last 10 years in the Coventry, Nuneaton and Tamworth employment exchange areas.

Mr. Harold Walker

TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED, PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND NUMBERS OF NOTIFIED VACANCIES REMAINING UNFILLED
Total registered unemployed Temporarily stopped included in total Percentage rate Unfilled vacancies
Coventry
May, 1959 2,547 45 1.4 1,224
May, 1960 1,426 0.8 2,821
May, 1961 1,811 224 1.0 2,060
May, 1962 3,015 310 1.6 999
May, 1963 3,563 456 1.9 1,025
May, 1964 3,081 1,390 1.6 2,342
May, 1965 1,583 231 0.8 3,180
May, 1966 1,553 17 0.8 2,745
May, 1967 5,971 1,798 2.9 1,052
May, 1968 6,170 1,169 3.0 1,507
Nuneaton
May, 1959 545 92 1.7 161
May, 1960 267 31 0.9 395
May, 1961 274 40 0.9 264
May, 1962 510 184 1.7 210
May, 1963 693 215 2.3 173
May, 1964 380 201 1.3 495
May, 1965 388 157 1.2 486
May, 1966 238 53 0.8 485
May, 1967 1,507 466 4.8 215
May, 1968 1,690 180 5.4 184
Tamworth
May, 1959 158 5 1.1 110
May, 1960 58 0.4 278
May, 1961 40 4 0.3 378
May, 1962 70 0.4 340
May, 1963 175 18 1.1 122
May, 1964 66 4 0.4 331
May, 1965 75 0.5 441
May, 1966 58 0.4 364
May, 1967 340 42 2.2 179
May, 1968 287 2 1.8 226