HC Deb 01 February 1971 vol 810 cc281-2W
Mr. Strang

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many adult males and adult females, respectively, were unemployed in Musselburgh in each month from January, 1970, to January, 1971, inclusive.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Following is the information:

NUMBERS OF MEN AND WOMEN AGED 18 YEARS AND OVER REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AT THE MUSSELBURGH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE
Men Women
1970
January 640 58
February 662 69
March 616 70
April 585 75
May 578 65
June 533 67
July 567 63
August 559 65
September 522 72
October 555 88
November 623 91
December 579 87
1971
January 633 91

Mr. Strang

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many unfilled vacancies for adult males and adult females, respectively, there were in Musselburgh in each month from January, 1970,to January, 1971, inclusive.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Following is the information:

NOTIFIED VACANCIES FOR MEN AND WOMEN AGED 18 YEARS AND OVER REMAINING UNFILLED AT THE MUSSELBURGH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE
Men Women
1970
January 9 26
February 36 23
March 29 25
April 22 31
May 30 23
June 29 32
July 24 25
August 31 29
September 30 24
October 23 22
November 26 20
December 29 19
1971
January 17 17
The figures relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.

Mr. Strang

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the total numbers of unemployed and the total numbers of employees in Musselburgh in the month of June in each year from 1960 to 1970, inclusive.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Following is the information:

TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AND ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES (EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED) IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE MUSSELBURGH EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE
Unemployed Employees (000s)
June, 1960 313 13
June, 1961 326 13
June, 1962 435 13
June, 1963 593 13
June, 1964 465 13
June, 1965 352 14
June, 1966 323 14
June, 1967 346 14
June, 1968 360 14
June, 1969 543 13
June, 1970 624 *
* Employment estimates for local areas for June, 1970 are expected to become available towards the middle of 1971.

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