HC Deb 15 July 1971 vol 821 cc140-1W
51. Mr. Edwin Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of males unemployed in the South Yorkshire intermediate area at the latest available date ; and what was the number 12 months ago.

Mr. Dudley Smith

In the Yorkshire coalfield intermediate area the numbers of males registered as unemployed at June 1971 and June 1970 were 17,756 and 15,247 respectively.