§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is the present number of men and women, respectively, unemployed in the West Midlands; and what percentage increase this represents over the previous month's figures;
TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN THE WEST MIDLANDS REGION AND IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE WOLVERHAMPTON EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE West Midlands Wolverhampton Males Females Males Females March, 1971 … … … 61,846 10,992 3,842 586 April, 1971 (provisional) … … … 64,629 10,816 3,342 645 Percentage change … … +4.5 -1.6 -13.0 +10.1