§ 16. Mr. Skinnerasked 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 Fraserasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement about the latest unemployment figures.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 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. Rossasked 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 162W country, and similar figures for the Kilmarnock, Ayr, and Cumnock exchanges.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing 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 163W
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 164W
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.