§ Mr. Conlanasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what was the total unemployed on Tyneside at the latest available date; what percentage of the total working population of the area this represents; and what were the comparable figures for 1969 and 1970;
(2) what was the total unemployed in Gateshead at the latest available date; what percentage of the total working 407W population of the area this represents; and what were the comparable figures for 1969 and 1970;
(3) what was the number of males unemployed on Tyneside at the latest available date; what percentage of the male working populaton of the area this represents; and what were the comparable figures for 1969 and 1970;
TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE GATESHEAD EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AND IN THE TYNESIDE TRAVEL-TO-WORK AREA AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE TYNESIDE TRAVEL-TO-WORK AREA Registered unemployed Percentage rates for Tyneside Gateshead Tyneside travel-to-work area Males Total males and females Males Total males and females Males Total males and females March, 1971 (provisional) … 2,238 2,481 19,722 22,720 7.9 5.8 March, 1970 … 2,048 2,190 19,058 21,533 7.7 5.4 March, 1969 … 1,893 2,056 17,727 19,982 7.1 5.1 The rates of unemployment are the total numbers registered as unemployed expressed as percentages of mid-year estimates of the numbers of employees, employed and unemployed. They can be calculated for the whole of the Tyneside travel-to-work area, which includes Gateshead, but not separately for its constituent parts.