HC Deb 25 May 1971 vol 818 cc120-1W
Mr. Buchanan

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the percentage rates of unemployment for males in the Glasgow travel-to-work area in the month of April in each year from 1960 to 1971, inclusive.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Following is the information:

Percentage rates of unemployment for males in the Glasgow travel-to-work area
April, 1960 … … … … 5.4
April, 1961 … … … … 4.4
April, 1962 … … … … 4.9
April, 1963 … … … … 8.5
April, 1964 … … … … 6.3
April, 1965 … … … … 4.5
April, 1966 … … … … 4.1
April, 1967 … … … … 6.1
April, 1968 … … … … 6.7
April, 1969 … … … … 6.4
April, 1970 … … … … 6.8
April, 1971 … … … … 9.6

Mr. Buchanan

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many adult males were registered as unemployed in the Glasgow travel-to-work area in the month of April in each year from 1960 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 Smith

The following table shows for the Glasgow travel-to-work area the total numbers of men registered as unemployed, the numbers of these who were wholly unemployed, the numbers of notified vacancies for men remaining

NUMBERS OF MEN (AGED 18 AND OVER) REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED, AND NOTIFIED VACANCIES FOR MEN REMAINING UNFILLED, IN THE GLASGOW 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 … … 19,968 19,687 818 4.2
April, 1961 … … 16,046 15,824 1,211 7.7
April, 1962 … … 18,150 17,843 850 4.8
April, 1963 … … 30,413 27,063 690 2.5
April, 1964 … … 22,010 21,931 1,096 5.0
April, 1965 … … 15,677 15,621 2,229 14.3
April, 1966 … … 14,148 14,034 2,271 16.2
April, 1967 … … 20,723 20,414 1,232 6.0
April, 1968 … … 22,053 21,897 1,202 5.5
April, 1969 … … 20,717 20,595 1,255 6.1
April, 1970 … … 22,252 22,089 1,311 5.9
April, 1971 … … 30,745 30,532 849 2.8
The vacancy statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.

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