§ Mr. Alexander Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many male persons are unemployed in the Hamilton Employment Exchange area and the Larkhall Employment Exchange area, respectively.
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DURATION ANALYSIS OF THE NUMBERS REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED, AND THE TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED, AT 9TH NOVEMBER, 1970 IN THE AREAS COVERED BY THE HAMILTON AND LARKHALL EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES Males Hamilton Females Total Males Larkhall Females Total Up to 2 weeks 107 59 166 35 21 56 Over 2 and up to 4 weeks 106 55 161 22 20 42 Over 4 and up to 8 weeks 203 56 259 44 28 72 Over 8 weeks 626 265 891 180 103 283 Total wholly unemployed 1,042 435 1,477 281 172 453 Temporarily stopped — 2 2 — — — Total registered unemployed 1,042 437 1,479 281 172 453 expressed as a percentage of the rate for the United Kingdom was 144. The corresponding figure at November, 1964, was 162.