HC Deb 27 May 1971 vol 818 cc191-3W
Mr. Oswald

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the percentage of unemployed under 18 years of age, registered at the employment exchanges in Edinburgh, Leith and Portobello, to the latest available date.

Mr. Dudley Smith

At 10th May, 4.2 per cent. of those registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Edinburgh, Leith and Portobello employment exchanges were under 18 years of age. The figure is provisional. Unemployment rates are available only for all ages combined.

Mr. Oswald

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of redundancies notified to the Edinburgh, Leith and Portobello employment exchanges, respectively in each of the months January, February, March and April, 1971, and for the corresponding months in 1970.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Not all redundancies are notified to my Department and it is not the practice to keep records of every minor redundancy. However, the records held show that redundancies involving the following numbers of workpeople were notified to the Edinburgh,

PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE EDINBURGH TRAVEL REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE EDIN EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES-TO-WORK AREA AND NUMBERS BURGH, LEITH AND PORTOBELLO EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES
Percentage rates for Edinburgh travel-to-work area Numbers unemployed at Edinburgh, Leith and Portobello
Males Females Total
January, 1970 … … … … 5.4 1.0 3.6 6,703
February, 1970 … … … … 5.3 1.0 3.5 6,413
March, 1970 … … … … 5.2 1.0 3.5 6,446
April, 1970 … … … … 5.3 1.1 3.5 6,624
January, 1971 … … … … 6.5 1.3 4.3 8,245
February, 1971 … … … … 6.5 1.4 4.4 8,398
March, 1971 … … … … 6.6 1.5 4.4 8,346
April, 1971 … … … … 7.0 1.4 4.6 8,962

Mr. Strang

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many males were unemployed in the Edinburgh travel-to-

Leith and Portobello employment exchanges during the months concerned.

1970
Edinburgh Portobello Leith
January … 23 — 83
February … 165 — 60
March … 66 35 187
April … 211 — 106
TOTAL … 465 35 436

1971
Edinburgh Portobello Leith
January … 182 — 10
February … 128 — 52
March … 54 — 36
April … 317 — 51
TOTAL … 681 — 149

Redundancies do not necessarily take effect in the months in which they are notified.

Mr. Oswald

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the percentage unemployment in the Edinburgh, Leith and Portobello employment exchanges, respectively, for males and females; and what were the total numbers for January, February, March and April, 1971, and for the corresponding months in 1970.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Rates of unemployment can be calculated for the whole of the Edinburgh, Leith, Portobello, Dalkeith, Loanhead, Musselburgh and Tranent travel-to-work area, but not separately for its constituent parts. Following is the information available:

work area at the last count and what was the percentage rate of male unemployment.

Mr. Dudley Smith

At 10th May, 1971, the provisional number of males registered as unemployed in the Edinburgh travel-to-work area was 9,659 and the rate of unemployment for males was 6.7 per cent.