HC Deb 25 March 1971 vol 814 cc161-4W
16. Mr. Skinner

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest figures for unemployment in national, regional and percentage terms; and of the total, how many are in the category of wholly unemployed.

56. Mr. John Fraser

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement about the latest unemployment figures.

Mr. Dudley Smith

At 8th March 753,810 people in Great Britain were registered as unemployed, and of these 700,518 were wholly unemployed. The percentage rates of unemployment were 3.3 and 3.1, respectively. The figures are provisional. I will, with permission, circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT corresponding figures for regions.

Following is the information:

NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AT 8TH MARCH.1971 (PROVISIONAL)
Total registered unemployed Number per cent. Wholly unemployed Number per cent.
South East 154,767 2.0 150,185 1.9
East Anglia 20,159 3.1 19,909 3.1
South Western 46,875 3.5 45,423 3.4
West Midlands 72,956 3.2 56,481 2.5
East Midlands 44,037 3.1 37,970 2.7
Yorkshire and Humberside 72,314 3.6 67,482 3.3
North Western 106,256 3.6 97,606 3.3
Northern 69,116 5.2 67,240 5.1
Wales 44,823 4.6 42,387 4.4
Scotland 122,507 5.7 115,835 5.4
Great Britain 753,810 3.3 700,518 3.1

69. Mr. Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest available number of persons unemployed, the percentage that that represents of the working populations, the percentage rate of male unemployment in each case, in each of the exchange areas included in the special development areas in the country, and similar figures for the Kilmarnock, Ayr, and Cumnock exchanges.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Following is the information:

PROVISIONAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AT 8TH MARCH, 1971, IN THE SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AREAS AND IN THE KILMARNOCK, AYR AND CUMNOCK EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AREAS
Total registered unemployed Percentage rate of unemployment
Males Total
Wales
Aberdare 711 6.1 4.7
Mountain Ash 321
Bargoed 667 9.8 8.4
Blackwood 643
Pontlottyn 432
Ystrad Mynach 343
Ebbw Vale 276 5.0 4.8
Abertillery 648
Brynmawr 291
Tredegar 328
Merthyr Tydfil 920 7.6 5.8
Dowlais 264
Treharris 168
Neath 782 3.5 3.2
Resolven 114
Newbridge 493 5.1* 4.1*
Pontypridd 884 6.4 6.1
Ferndale 322
Pontyclun 158
Tonypandy 1,047
Tonyrefail 354
Trcorchy 998
Cymmer 202 4.1* 4.0*
Maesteg 426
Ystalyfera 193 5.2 5.4
Ammanford 348
Garnant 161
Pontardawe 63
Northern Region
Ashington 1,109 7.8 6.5
Bedlington 724 11.2 8.0
Blyth 1,136 13.3 10.0
Haltwhistle 98 3.9 3.4
Millom 215 9.5 7.4
Seaton Delaval 430 9.8 7.4
Chester-le-Street 857 6.6 5.6
Birtley 273
Houghton-le-Spring 1,001
Consett 712 7.4 5.9
Lanchester 128
Stanley 1,045
Bishop Auckland 966 9.1 6.3
Crook 673
Shildon 192
Spennymoor 970
Hartlepool 2,507 9.5 7.3
Hartlepool Headland 369
Petcrlee 1,192 8.8 7.1
Wingate 659

Total registered unemployed Percentage rate of unemployment
Males Total
Northern Region—cont.
Blaydon 891 7.9 5.7
East Boldon 337
Elswick 1,838
Felling 846
Gateshead 2,481
Jarrow and Hebburn 1,878
Newburn 428
Newcastle-on-Tyne 4,852
North Shields 1,585
Prudhoe 253
South Shields 3,388
Walker 1,162
Wallsend 1,207
West Moor 700
Whitley Bay 874
Sunderland 3,740 8.8 6.9
Pallion 1,635
Seaham 608
South wick 1,434
Washington 589
Whitehaven 929 7.9 6.8
Cleat or Moor 592
Workington 771 5.5 5.1
Aspatria 103
Cockermouth 195
Maryport 377
Durham 1,166 6.5 4.2
Scotland
Cumbernauld 543 6.9 6.2
Girvan 280 9.1 8.1
Kilsyth 331 18.5 12.5
Lesmahagow 399 19.3 15.1
Sanquhar 271 18.2 16.0
Shotts 518 10.0 8.8
Dumbarton 747 9.2 6.9
Alexandria 949
Helensburgh 216
Glasgow Professional and Executive Employment office. 539 9.1 6.3
Glasgow (South Side). 4,317
Barrhead 1,014
Bridgeton 3,163
Cambuslang 420
Clydebank 2,533
Govan 2,428
Hillington 290
Kinning Park 1,124
Kirkintilloch 534
Maryhill 3,804
Parkhead 6,212
Partick 2,393
Rutherglen 1,196
Springburn 5,655
Greenock 3,949 17.7 14.3
Port Glasgow 1,882
Irvine 623 8.8 7.5
Dalry 88
Kilwinning 212
Saltcoats 1,558
Motherwell 1,189 7.4 6.7
Airdrie 1,600
Bellshill 826
Blantyre 621
Carluke 197
Coatbridge 1,947
East Kilbride 728

Total registered unemployed Percentage rate of unemployment
Males Total
Scotland—cont.
Hamilton 1,614 7.4 6.7
Larkhall 639
Uddingston 592
Wishaw 1,383
Paisley 2,564 5.7 4.5
Johnstone 799
Renfrew 364
Leven and Methil 1,457 8.4* 6.5*
Kilmarnock 1,473 5.8* 4.7*
Ayr 2,227 8.0* 6.1*
Cumnock 655 5.3 5.4
* The rates of unemployment are for travel-to-work areas which include other employment exchange areas in addition to those listed.

Note: Percentage rates of unemployment can be calculated for the whole of a travel-to-work area but not separately for its constituent parts. The total numbers registered as unemployed have been expressed as percentages of mid-year estimates of the numbers of employees, employed and unemployed.

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