§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the numbers unemployed in each of the employment 256W areas in the Leek constituency in June 1970, compared with March, 1966; and what percentages of the working population these figures represented.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT Numbers registered as unemployed Percentage rate June, 1970 March, 1966 June, 1970 March, 1966 Leek 148 47 1.1 0.4 Cheadle 137 83 2.2* 1.2* Biddulph 163 87 Kidsgrove 306 162 * The percentage rates are for the Stoke-on Trent travel-to-work area which consists of the Stoke-on-Trent, Biddulph, Burslem, Cheadle, Hanley, Kidsgrove, Longton and Newcastle-under-Lyme Employment Exchange areas. Rates cannot be calculated for parts of this travel-to-work area. The numbers registered as unemployed have been expressed as percentages of the estimated numbers of employees, employed and unemployed.