§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the percentage rates of unemployment for males in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area in the month of April in each year from 1960 to 1971, inclusive.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
Percentage rates of unemployment for males in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area April, 1960 … … … 3.3 April, 1961 … … … 2.4 April, 1962 … … … 2.8 April, 1963 … … … 3.6 April, 1964 … … … 2.8 April, 1965 … … … 2.3 April, 1966 … … … 2.0 April, 1967 … … … 2.7 April, 1968 … … … 3.3 April, 1969 … … … 4.1 April, 1970 … … … 5.3 April, 1971 … … … 7.0
§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men who last worked in coalmining were registered as unemployed in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area in the month of April in each year for which statistics are available from 1960 to 1971, inclusive.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information from April, 1966:
Information for earlier years is no longer available.
Men (aged 18 and over) registered as unemployed in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area who last worked in the coalmining industry April, 1966 … … … 102 April, 1967 … … … 91 April, 1968 … … … 128 April, 1969 … … … 303 April, 1970 … … … 435 April, 1971 … … … 477
§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many adult males were registered as unemployed in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area in the month of April in each year from 1960 267W to 1971, inclusive; how many unfilled vacancies for adult males there were; and what was the ratio of unemployed to vacancies for each month.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe following table shows for the Edinburgh travel-to-work
NUMBERS OF MEN (AGED 18 AND OVER) REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED, AND NOTIFIED VACANCIES FOR MEN REMAINING UNFILLED, IN THE EDINBURGH TRAVEL-TO-WORK AREA Total numbers of men registered as unemployed Numbers of men registered as wholly unemployed, that is, excluding those temporarily stopped Notified vacancies for men remaining unfilled Unfilled vacancies per 100 wholly unemployed men April, 1960 … … … 4,888 4,707 513 10.9 April, 1961 … … … 3,494 3,350 698 20.8 April, 1962 … … … 4,151 3,864 477 12.3 April, 1963 … … … 5,352 5,095 447 8.8 April, 1964 … … … 4,084 3,956 536 13.5 April, 1965 … … … 3,273 3,158 645 20.4 April, 1966 … … … 2,926 2,803 859 30.6 April, 1967 … … … 3,962 3,900 918 23.5 April, 1968 … … … 4,900 4,879 898 18.4 April, 1969 … … … 5,738 5,664 960 16.9 April, 1970 … … … 7,349 7,305 698 9.6 April, 1971 … … … 9,548 9,534 529 5.5 The vacancy statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.