HC Deb 25 November 1969 vol 792 c65W
60. Dame Irene Ward

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what were the figures for unem-

TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT 10TH NOVEMBER, 1969 (provisional)
Males Females Total Temporarily Stopped included in total Percentage rate*
North Shields … … 1,056 233 1,289 40 5.1
South Shields … … 2,879 360 3,239 14
Wallsend … … 1,002 181 1,183 4
Whitley Bay … … 719 173 892 4
Newcastle-upon-Tyne … … 3,473 863 4,336 8
Jarrow and Hebburn … … 1,099 126 1,225 —
Gateshead … … 1,772 146 1,918 3
* The percentage rate of unemployment is for the Tyneside travel-to-work area which in addition to the areas listed above also includes the Blaydon, East Boldon, Elswick, Felling, Newburn, Prudhoe, Walker and West Moor Employment Exchange areas. Percentage rates can be calculated for the travel-to-work area as a whole but not separately for its constituent parts.