§ Mr. Buchanan-Smithasked the Minister of Labour what are the number
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§ Mr. FernyhoughA continuous series of figures measuring changes in retail prices is not available for the whole period 1935 to 1967.
The following table shows the movements in (1) the Cost of Living Index and in average weekly earnings from 1935 to 1947 and (2) the Index of Retail Prices and in average weekly earnings from 1947 to 1967. Information about average salary earnings is available only from 1955, and therefore the figures for this date have been taken as equal to 100 in the second part of the table.
of men, women, boys and girls unemployed at the most recent convenient date, and the same date in each of the previous 10 years for Brechin, Montrose, Stone- 141W haven and Banchory Employment Exchange areas.
TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN THE AREAS COVERED BY THE BRECHIN, MONTROSE STONEHAVEN AND BANCHORY EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES BRECHIN Men Boys Women Girls Total 12th February, 1968 … … 102 6 41 3 152 13th February, 1967 … … 106 7 38 5 156 14th February, 1966 … … 77 5 15 4 101 8th February, 1965 … … 85 16 24 8 133 10th February, 1964 … … 84 13 23 15 135 11th February, 1963 … … 112 9 26 2 149 12th February, 1962 … … 49 9 21 3 82 13th February, 1961 … … 61 8 33 3 105 15th February, 1960 … … 142 13 38 3 196 9th February, 1959 … … 174 18 43 11 246 17th February, 1958 … … 97 6 23 7 133
MONTROSE Men Boys Women Girls Total 12th February, 1968 … … 232 10 76 14 332 13th February, 1967 … … 293 21 61 10 385 14th February, 1966 … … 245 15 58 10 328 8th February, 1965 … … 211 20 49 15 295 10th February, 1964 … … 177 23 64 14 278 11th February, 1963 … … 220 17 40 6 283 12th February, 1962 … … 141 8 45 6 200 13th February, 1961 … … 141 2 61 9 213 15th February, 1960 … … 284 9 46 9 348 9th February, 1959 … … 367 18 64 13 462 17th February, 1958 … … 307 6 29 6 348
STONEHAVEN Men Boys Women Girls Total 12th February, 1968 … … 56 1 13 — 70 13th February, 1967 … … 50 4 10 5 69 14th February, 1966 … … 69 3 9 — 81 8th February, 1965 … … 45 1 15 5 66 10th February, 1964 … … 57 3 10 4 74 11th February, 1963 … … 104 3 8 3 118 12th February, 1962 … … 61 3 9 2 75 13th February, 1961 … … 44 — 4 — 48 15th February, 1960 … … 78 — 13 1 92 9th February, 1959 … … 109 5 14 3 131 17th February, 1958 … … 129 1 10 — 140
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BANCHORY Men Boys Women Girls Total 12th February, 1968 … … 84 3 44 2 133 13th February, 1967 … … 84 4 38 9 135 14th February, 1966 … … 101 8 37 5 151 8th February, 1965 … … 113 4 41 4 162 10th February, 1964 … … 67 8 20 4 99 11th February, 1963 … … 209 15 31 3 258 12th February, 1962 … … 72 2 34 3 111 13th February, 1961 … … 67 2 29 6 104 15th February, 1960 … … 155 5 30 5 195 9th February, 1959 … … 241 13 24 7 285 17th February, 1958 … … 230 12 34 7 283
§ Mr. FernyhoughFollowing is the information:
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§ Dr. John Dunwoodyasked the Minister of Labour, at the last convenient date, what was the percentage of unemployment amongst male workers in the Camborne/Redruth and in the Falmouth employment exchange areas.
§ Mr. FernyhoughAt 12th February, 1968 the percentage rates of unemployment for males in the Camborne/Redruth and Falmouth Employment Exchange areas were 5.0 and 5.3, respectively.