§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details showing the total number of males and females, over and
TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT (PROVISIONAL) AT 9TH FEBRUARY, 1970, AND ESTIMATES OF THE NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED, AT JUNE, 1968, IN EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AREAS IN LANARKSHIRE Men 18 and over Boys under 18 Women 18 and over Girls under 18 Total Percentage rate* Employment estimate at June, 1968 (thousands) Airdrie … … 767 97 238 47 1,149 5.1 169.1 Bellshill … … 400 32 151 13 596 Blantyre … … 343 17 51 6 417 Cambuslang … … 239 23 60 14 336 Carluke … … 89 8 46 12 155 Coatbridge … … 928 113 329 45 1,415 East Kilbride … … 283 23 90 11 407 Hamilton … … 961 27 376 24 1,388 Larkhall … … 239 12 137 16 404 Motherwell … … 581 14 200 13 839 Uddingston … … 339 17 104 10 470 Wishaw … … 651 49 297 25 1,022 Lanark … … 292 17 112 20 411 5.8 7.6 Lesmahagow … … 273 3 46 3 325 11.8 2.8 Shotts … … 257 19 114 15 405 6.5 6.2 * Percentage rates of unemployment are calculated by expressing the total numbers registered as unemployed as percentages of the estimated numbers of employees, employed and unemployed. Percentage rates can be calculated for the whole of the North Lanarkshire travel-to-work area but not separately for its constituent parts.