56. Earl of Dalkeithasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the number of persons registered as being unemployed together with the percentage rate of unemployment in the Edinburgh area this April and in the preceding 10 Aprils.
§ Mr. Dell:The following is the information.
TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE EDINBURGH, LEITH, PORTOBELLO, DALKEITH, LOANHEAD, MUSSELBURGH AND TRANENT EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES
Registered Unemployed Percentage Rate April, 1970 (provisional) 8,804 3.4 April, 1969 6,932 2.7 April, 1968 6,066 2.4 April, 1967 5,284 2.0 April, 1966 3,924 1.5 April, 1965 4,562 1.8 April, 1964 5,584 2.1 April, 1963 7,402 2.9 April, 1962 5,728 2.2 April, 1961 4,670 1.9 April, 1960 6,393 2.6