§ Mr. Conlanasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of males unemployed in the North-East of England at the last available date; what percentage of the male working population of the area this represents; and what were the comparable figures for 1969 and 1970.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
Numbers of males registered as unemployed, and percentage rates of unemployment for males in North East England Number Per cent. March, 1971 (provisional) 53,669 7.0 March, 1970 52,471 6.9 March, 1969 52,423 6.9 North-East England has been taken as the Northern Region except Cumberland and Westmorland. The rates of unemployment are the numbers of males registered as unemployed expressed as percentages of mid-year estimates of the numbers of male employees, employed and unemployed.