Employment Statistics (Hansard, 25 February 1971)

§ Mr. J.H. Osborn
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of men and women, both wage earning and salaried, respectively, and in total, who were unemployed on 1st February, 1971, or the latest date for which statistics are available; and if he will tabulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT the equivalent figures for each of the last six years, and for 1955 and 1960, indicating how the percentage of these in employment compared with those available for employment has changed.

§ Mr. Dudley Smith
Following is the information:
OFFICIAL REPORT the equivalent figures for each of the last six years, ten years, and for 1955 and 1960, indicating how percentage employment has changes.

§ Mr. Dudley Smith
The following table shows the information in total, but separate figures are not available for wage earning and salaried workers:
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§ Mr. J.H. Osborn
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is now the number of unemployed compared to vacancies in each region and sub-region; and if he will tabulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT how these figures compare with those for each of the last six years, and

NUMBERS REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED, NOTIFIED VACANCIES REMAINING UNFILLED AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR STANDARD REGIONS

South East East Anglia South Western West Midlands

Wholly unemployed (000's)

January, 1971 … … … … … 144.7 18.1 44.8 52.9

January, 1970 … … … … … 138.5 14.4 42.2 44.6

January, 1969 … … … … … 135.9 13.6 38.0 42.7

January, 1968 … … … … … 146.4 13.6 38.4 48.9

January, 1967 … … … … … 133.2 14.1 38.8 38.7

January, 1966 … … … … … 75.3 8.7 25.6 16.0

January, 1965 … … … … … 88.3 24.1 16.8

January, 1960 … … … … … 103.0 28.4 21.3

January, 1955 … … … … … 75.1 17.4 10.9

Unfilled vacancies (000's)

January, 1971 … … … … … 85.7 4.8 11.8 16.1

January, 1970 … … … … … 102.6 6.5 13.1 22.0

January, 1969 … … … … … 102.1 6.9 13.9 25.0

January, 1968 … … … … … 90.3 6.0 12.2 20.0

January, 1967 … … … … … 90.6 5.0 11.5 22.3

January, 1966 … … … … … 144.8 7.6 16.5 41.2

January, 1965 … … … … … 141.5 17.0 40.6

January, 1960 … … … … … 103.7 16.7 31.6

January, 1955 … … … … … 129.9 17.9 48.0

Percentage rate of unemployment

January, 1971 … … … … … 1.9 2.9 3.4 2.6

January, 1970 … … … … … 1.8 2.3 3.2 2.1

January, 1969 … … … … … 1.7 2.2 2.9 1.9

January, 1968 … … … … … 1.9 2.2 2.9 2.8

January, 1967 … … … … … 1.8 2.4 3.1 3.0

January, 1966 … … … … … 0.9 1.4 1.9 0.7

January, 1965 … … … … … 1.0 1.8 0.8

January, 1960 … … … … … 1.3 2.3 1.0

January, 1955 … … … … … 1.0 1.5 0.5

East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside North Western Northern Wales Scotland

Wholly unemployed (000's)

January, 1971 … 35.7 64.9 91.8 66.8 42.1 113.0

January, 1970 … 31.9 59.7 78.8 66.8 41.8 93.1

January, 1969 … 29.0 55.6 73.8 67.5 41.4 86.4

January, 1968 … 27.5 51.9 77.6 61.1 42.8 92.1

January, 1967 … 23.7 37.1 66.4 50.4 40.9 84.3

January, 1966 … 14.0 23.3 44.6 34.9 29.7 67.0

January, 1965 … 37.6 55.5 40.3 27.6 76.9

January, 1960 … 49.0 72.2 46.4 32.9 95.0

January, 1955 … 22.3 39.4 29.4 23.3 62.1

Unfilled vacancies (000's)

January, 1971 … 11.9 15.7 21.0 8.6 7.1 10.5

January, 1970 … 15.0 20.7 28.8 10.2 7.5 15.8

January, 1969 … 17.6 20.8 31.6 9.8 7.2 17.2

January, 1968 … 15.7 19.0 27.4 8.5 6.3 14.7

January, 1967 … 16.2 21.5 26.1 8.1 7.2 15.5

January, 1966 … 22.9 30.7 41.5 12.2 10.5 18.6

January, 1965 … 46.2 33.4 8.4 8.5 15.8

January, 1960 … 38.6 29.0 7.6 9.1 9.2

January, 1955 … 60.6 44.8 11.0 8.9 16.6

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for 1955 and 1960, indicating how the percentage unemployed has changed.

§ Mr. Dudley Smith
The following table shows the information for regions. Of the information requested for sub-regions, the only figures available are the numbers registered as wholly unemployed from 1965.
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East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside North Western Northern Wales Scotland

Percentage rate of unemployment

January, 1971 … 2.7 3.3 3.1 5.1 4.3 5.3

January, 1970 … 2.4 3.0 2.7 5.2 4.3 4.4

January, 1969 … 2.1 2.8 2.5 5.2 4.3 4.1

January, 1968 … 2.1 2.7 2.7 4.8 4.4 4.4

January, 1967 … 1.9 2.1 2.5 3.9 4.3 4.1

January, 1966 … 1.0 1.2 1.5 2.7 3.0 3.2

January, 1965 … 1.1 1.9 3.1 2.8 3.6

January, 1960 … 1.5 2.5 3.7 3.5 4.5

January, 1955 … 0.8 1.5 2.5 2.6 3.1

The vacancy statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled on selected dates and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.

The percentage rates of unemployment show the total numbers registered as unemployed (including those temporarily stopped) as a percentage of the number of employees.

NUMBERS REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED IN SUB-DIVISIONS OF REGIONS AT JANUARY EACH YEAR

(Thousands)

sub Region 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965

South East

Greater London … … … 65.7 64.4 68.7 77.5 68.2 37.6 40.8

Other Metropolitan Area … … 31.3 29.3 27.3 28.7 25.7 13.4 13.0

Outer South East:—

Essex … … … … 3.7 3.0 3.2 3.0 2.9 1.5 1.7

Kent … … … … 9.4 9.1 8.1 7.7 7.4 5.4 5.2

Sussex Coast … … … 9.8 9.9 9.1 9.2 9.1 6.6 6.1

Solent … … … … 18.8 17.9 15.5 15.7 14.7 9.1 10.7

Bucks and Oxford … … 6.3 5.4 4.0 4.6 5.1 1.9 1.5

East Anglia

South East … … … … 4.2 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.9 1.4 1.6

North East … … … … 8.5 6.8 6.2 6.3 6.8 4.5 5.4

North West … … … … 3.5 2.7 2.7 2.8 3.0 1.9 2.2

South West … … … … 2.0 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.4 0.8 0.7

South West

Central … … … … 6.7 6.3 5.4 5.5 5.3 3.4 3.2

Southern … … … … 13.0 12.2 10.3 10.0 10.5 7.0 7.1

Western … … … … 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.0 8.1 6.5 6.1

Northern … … … … 16.9 15.7 14.1 14.9 14.9 8.7 7.7

West Midlands

Central … … … … 9.7 8.4 7.0 6.5 5.2 2.4 2.6

Conurbation … … … … 26.4 21.1 20.6 26.9 20.0 6.7 7.4

Coventry Belt … … … 7.2 6.3 7.1 8.2 6.4 2.4 2.1

Rural West … … … … 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.1 1.8 1.7

North Staffs. … … … … 5.9 5.3 4.5 4.2 3.9 2.6 3.0

East Midlands

Nottingham/Derbyshire … … 22.5 19.9 18.1 16.1 13.1 8.6 7.7

Leicester … … … … 4.8 4.0 4.0 4.5 3.5 1.7 1.6

Eastern Lowlands … … … 5.3 5.0 4.5 4.2 4.0 2.3 2.3

Northampton … … … 3.2 3.0 2.4 2.8 3.0 1.3 1.1

Yorkshire and Humberside

North Humberside … … … 8.8 7.8 6.9 6.7 5.1 3.6 3.6

South Humberside … … … 4.8 4.2 3.3 3.9 3.5 2.2 2.6

Mid-Yorkshire … … … 4.9 4.6 3.9 3.5 3.1 2.3 2.5

South Lindsey … … … 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.1 1.1

South Yorkshire … … … 7.8 8.6 9.2 8.7 5.7 2.8 2.8

Yorkshire Coalfield … … … 14.8 14.9 14.3 10.9 7.4 5.1 5.2

West Yorkshire … … … 21.9 17.7 16.4 16.5 10.8 6.3 7.0

North West

South Cheshire (High Peak) … 4.7 4.5 3.9 3.5 3.3 2.5 2.6

South Lancashire … … … 6.8 5.1 4.9 5.6 4.3 3.5 4.4

Manchester … … … … 27.2 23.9 23.7 25.9 19.6 10.7 13.9

Merseyside … … … … 37.5 32.0 28.2 27.2 25.0 18.7 24.8

Furness … … … … 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.3 0.8 1.1

Fylde … … … … … 4.7 4.6 4.6 5.2 5.0 4.0 3.9

Lancaster … … … … 2.2 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.0

Mid-Lancashire … … … 3.4 2.7 2.5 2.9 2.5 1.5 1.6

North East Lancashire … … 4.1 3.2 3.4 4.7 4.0 1.8 2.2

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(Thousands)

Sub Region 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965

Northern

Industrial North East:—

North … … … … 38.1 39.1 38.4 34.8 26.0 19.4 22.4

South … … … … 17.8 16.5 18.6 17.0 15.4 8.6 10.5

Rural North East:—

North … … … … 2.3 2.5 2.1 1.7 1.7 1.3 1.2

South … … … … 3.4 3.4 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.1 2.3

Cumberland and Westmorland … 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.0 4.8 3.5 3.8

Wales

Industrial South Wales:—

Central and Eastern Valleys … 12.1 11.9 12.2 13.1 11.8 8.3 7.4

West South Wales … … 5.8 6.3 6.6 7.4 7.8 5.8 5.5

Coastal Belt … … … 9.6 9.7 9.9 10.5 9.5 5.9 5.3

North East Wales … … … 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.3 2.2 1.7 1.6

North West Wales:—

North Coast … … … 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.1 1.4 1.3

Remainder … … … … 4.8 4.4 4.0 4.2 4.2 3.3 3.2

Central Wales … … … 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.5

South West Wales … … … 3.5 3.3 3.1 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.7

Scotland

Borders … … … … 1.4 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5

Edinburgh … … … … 19.3 16.0 13.9 13.3 11.9 10.7 11.3

Falkirk/Stirling … … … 4.6 3.6 3.1 3.7 3.5 3.0 3.5

Glasgow … … … … 61.9 49.2 47.4 52.3 46.2 34.2 42.2

Highlands … … … … 7.5 7.3 7.2 7.6 7.7 6.4 6.5

North East … … … … 6.6 6.5 5.6 5.6 5.6 4.9 5.6

South West … … … … 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.2 2.8 2.8

Tayside … … … … 8.5 6.3 5.2 5.6 5.6 4.4 4.6

NUMBERS REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED, NOTIFIED VACANCIES REMAINING UNFILLED AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR STANDARD REGIONS
							South East	East Anglia	South Western	West Midlands
Wholly unemployed (000's)
January, 1971	…	…	…	…	…	144.7		18.1	44.8	52.9
January, 1970	…	…	…	…	…	138.5		14.4	42.2	44.6
January, 1969	…	…	…	…	…	135.9		13.6	38.0	42.7
January, 1968	…	…	…	…	…	146.4		13.6	38.4	48.9
January, 1967	…	…	…	…	…	133.2		14.1	38.8	38.7
January, 1966	…	…	…	…	…	75.3		8.7	25.6	16.0
January, 1965	…	…	…	…	…		88.3		24.1	16.8
January, 1960	…	…	…	…	…		103.0		28.4	21.3
January, 1955	…	…	…	…	…		75.1		17.4	10.9
Unfilled vacancies (000's)
January, 1971	…	…	…	…	…	85.7		4.8	11.8	16.1
January, 1970	…	…	…	…	…	102.6		6.5	13.1	22.0
January, 1969	…	…	…	…	…	102.1		6.9	13.9	25.0
January, 1968	…	…	…	…	…	90.3		6.0	12.2	20.0
January, 1967	…	…	…	…	…	90.6		5.0	11.5	22.3
January, 1966	…	…	…	…	…	144.8		7.6	16.5	41.2
January, 1965	…	…	…	…	…		141.5		17.0	40.6
January, 1960	…	…	…	…	…		103.7		16.7	31.6
January, 1955	…	…	…	…	…		129.9		17.9	48.0
Percentage rate of unemployment
January, 1971	…	…	…	…	…	1.9		2.9	3.4	2.6
January, 1970	…	…	…	…	…	1.8		2.3	3.2	2.1
January, 1969	…	…	…	…	…	1.7		2.2	2.9	1.9
January, 1968	…	…	…	…	…	1.9		2.2	2.9	2.8
January, 1967	…	…	…	…	…	1.8		2.4	3.1	3.0
January, 1966	…	…	…	…	…	0.9		1.4	1.9	0.7
January, 1965	…	…	…	…	…		1.0		1.8	0.8
January, 1960	…	…	…	…	…		1.3		2.3	1.0
January, 1955	…	…	…	…	…		1.0		1.5	0.5

			East Midlands	Yorkshire and Humberside	North Western	Northern	Wales	Scotland
Wholly unemployed (000's)
January, 1971	…	35.7		64.9	91.8	66.8	42.1	113.0
January, 1970	…	31.9		59.7	78.8	66.8	41.8	93.1
January, 1969	…	29.0		55.6	73.8	67.5	41.4	86.4
January, 1968	…	27.5		51.9	77.6	61.1	42.8	92.1
January, 1967	…	23.7		37.1	66.4	50.4	40.9	84.3
January, 1966	…	14.0		23.3	44.6	34.9	29.7	67.0
January, 1965	…		37.6		55.5	40.3	27.6	76.9
January, 1960	…		49.0		72.2	46.4	32.9	95.0
January, 1955	…		22.3		39.4	29.4	23.3	62.1
Unfilled vacancies (000's)
January, 1971	…	11.9		15.7	21.0	8.6	7.1	10.5
January, 1970	…	15.0		20.7	28.8	10.2	7.5	15.8
January, 1969	…	17.6		20.8	31.6	9.8	7.2	17.2
January, 1968	…	15.7		19.0	27.4	8.5	6.3	14.7
January, 1967	…	16.2		21.5	26.1	8.1	7.2	15.5
January, 1966	…	22.9		30.7	41.5	12.2	10.5	18.6
January, 1965	…		46.2		33.4	8.4	8.5	15.8
January, 1960	…		38.6		29.0	7.6	9.1	9.2
January, 1955	…		60.6		44.8	11.0	8.9	16.6

NUMBERS REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED IN SUB-DIVISIONS OF REGIONS AT JANUARY EACH YEAR
												(Thousands)
sub Region	1971	1970	1969	1968	1967	1966	1965
South East
Greater London	…	…	…	65.7	64.4	68.7	77.5	68.2	37.6	40.8
Other Metropolitan Area	…	…	31.3	29.3	27.3	28.7	25.7	13.4	13.0
Outer South East:—
Essex	…	…	…	…	3.7	3.0	3.2	3.0	2.9	1.5	1.7
Kent	…	…	…	…	9.4	9.1	8.1	7.7	7.4	5.4	5.2
Sussex Coast	…	…	…	9.8	9.9	9.1	9.2	9.1	6.6	6.1
Solent	…	…	…	…	18.8	17.9	15.5	15.7	14.7	9.1	10.7
Bucks and Oxford	…	…	6.3	5.4	4.0	4.6	5.1	1.9	1.5
East Anglia
South East	…	…	…	…	4.2	3.3	3.2	3.1	2.9	1.4	1.6
North East	…	…	…	…	8.5	6.8	6.2	6.3	6.8	4.5	5.4
North West	…	…	…	…	3.5	2.7	2.7	2.8	3.0	1.9	2.2
South West	…	…	…	…	2.0	1.7	1.4	1.5	1.4	0.8	0.7
South West
Central	…	…	…	…	6.7	6.3	5.4	5.5	5.3	3.4	3.2
Southern	…	…	…	…	13.0	12.2	10.3	10.0	10.5	7.0	7.1
Western	…	…	…	…	8.1	8.1	8.2	8.0	8.1	6.5	6.1
Northern	…	…	…	…	16.9	15.7	14.1	14.9	14.9	8.7	7.7
West Midlands
Central	…	…	…	…	9.7	8.4	7.0	6.5	5.2	2.4	2.6
Conurbation	…	…	…	…	26.4	21.1	20.6	26.9	20.0	6.7	7.4
Coventry Belt	…	…	…	7.2	6.3	7.1	8.2	6.4	2.4	2.1
Rural West	…	…	…	…	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.2	3.1	1.8	1.7
North Staffs.	…	…	…	…	5.9	5.3	4.5	4.2	3.9	2.6	3.0
East Midlands
Nottingham/Derbyshire	…	…	22.5	19.9	18.1	16.1	13.1	8.6	7.7
Leicester	…	…	…	…	4.8	4.0	4.0	4.5	3.5	1.7	1.6
Eastern Lowlands	…	…	…	5.3	5.0	4.5	4.2	4.0	2.3	2.3
Northampton	…	…	…	3.2	3.0	2.4	2.8	3.0	1.3	1.1
Yorkshire and Humberside
North Humberside	…	…	…	8.8	7.8	6.9	6.7	5.1	3.6	3.6
South Humberside	…	…	…	4.8	4.2	3.3	3.9	3.5	2.2	2.6
Mid-Yorkshire	…	…	…	4.9	4.6	3.9	3.5	3.1	2.3	2.5
South Lindsey	…	…	…	2.1	1.9	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.1	1.1
South Yorkshire	…	…	…	7.8	8.6	9.2	8.7	5.7	2.8	2.8
Yorkshire Coalfield	…	…	…	14.8	14.9	14.3	10.9	7.4	5.1	5.2
West Yorkshire	…	…	…	21.9	17.7	16.4	16.5	10.8	6.3	7.0
North West
South Cheshire (High Peak)	…	4.7	4.5	3.9	3.5	3.3	2.5	2.6
South Lancashire	…	…	…	6.8	5.1	4.9	5.6	4.3	3.5	4.4
Manchester	…	…	…	…	27.2	23.9	23.7	25.9	19.6	10.7	13.9
Merseyside	…	…	…	…	37.5	32.0	28.2	27.2	25.0	18.7	24.8
Furness	…	…	…	…	1.0	1.1	1.4	1.1	1.3	0.8	1.1
Fylde	…	…	…	…	…	4.7	4.6	4.6	5.2	5.0	4.0	3.9
Lancaster	…	…	…	…	2.2	1.7	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.1	1.0
Mid-Lancashire	…	…	…	3.4	2.7	2.5	2.9	2.5	1.5	1.6
North East Lancashire	…	…	4.1	3.2	3.4	4.7	4.0	1.8	2.2