§ Mr. Conlanasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity how many males are unemployed, what percentage of the total male working population this represents, and what is the number of unfilled male vacancies in the areas of Gateshead, Felling-on-Tyne and Tyneside, respectively.
§ Mr. FernyhoughFollowing is the information:
TOTAL NUMBERS OF MALES REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED, PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR MALES AND NOTIFIED VACANCIES FOR MALES REMAINING UNFILLED IN THE AREAS COVERED BY GATESHEAD AND FELLING EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AND IN THE TYNESIDE TRAVEL-TO-WORK AREA* AT JANUARY, 1969 Registered unemployed Percentage rate Unfilled vacancies Gateshead … 1,918 — 191 Felling … 726 — 23 Tyneside … 19,088 7.3 1,439 * The Tyneside travel-to-work area comprises the areas covered by the Blaydon, East Boldon, Elswick, Felling, Gateshead, Jarrow and Hebburn, Newburn, Newcastle-on-Tyne, North Shields, Prudhoe, South Shields, Walker, Wallsend, West Moor and Whitley Bay Employment Exchanges. Percentage rates of unempoyment can be calculated for the area as a whole but not separately for its constituent parts. The percentage rate has been calculated by expressing the total number of males registered as unemployed as a percentage of the estimated number of male employees, employed and unemployed, at mid-1967. The vacancy figures take account only of those vacancies notified to the Department's local offices and, therefore, do not provide a measure of the total demand for labour.