HC Deb 08 August 1972 vol 842 cc352-7W
Dr. Dickson Mabon

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details showing the number of males and females over and under 18 years of age registered as unemployed in each of the subregions of Scotland; and what percentage these figures represent of the total insurable population of each respective sub-region.

Mr. Dudley Smith

The available information is on the page opposite [cols.353–4.]

Dr. Dickson Mabon

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details showing the number of males and females over and under 18 years of age registered as unemployed in each of the regions of Great Britain; and what percentage these figures represent of the total insurable population of each respective region.

Mr. Dudley Smith

The available information is in cols.355–6.

NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT, AT 10TH JULY 1972 IN THE PLANNING REGIONS OF SCOTLAND
Men Boys Women Girls Total Temporarily stopped included in total Males Percentage rates Females Total
Glasgow … … … … … 58,956 6,584 13,982 3,335 82,857 1,039 10.4 4.3 8.0
Falkirk/Stirling … … … … 3,719 366 1,338 276 5,699 40 6.6 4.6 5.9
Edinburgh … … … … … 16,769 1,637 3,701 868 22,975 43 7.6 2.8 5.7
Tayside … … … … … 7,316 676 2,098 478 10,568 96 7.6 3.5 5.9
Borders … … … … … 873 36 187 25 l,l21 — 3.3 1.1 2.4
South West … … … … … 2,181 246 594 139 3,160 41 7.7 3.9 6.3
North East … … … … … 5040 292 1,120 187 6,639 432 5.6 2.2 4.3
Highlands … … … … … 4,482 288 823 156 5,749 344 8.0 3.2 6.8

Rates of unemployment are calculated for males and for females, but not separately for men, women, boys and girls.

NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT, AT 10TH JULY 1972
Men Boys Women Girls Total Temporarily stopped included in total Males Percentage rates Females Total
South East … … … … … 125,398 4,260 17,864 2,222 149,744 462 2.7 0.7 1.9
East Anglia … … … … … 13,188 471 2,157 278 16,094 41 3.4 1.0 2.5
South West … … … … … 35,726 1,100 6,082 762 43,670 1,492 4.4 1.4 3.2
West Midlands … … … … 68,882 2,826 11,291 1,816 84,815 6,121 5.0 1.6 3.7
East Midlands … … … … 34,149 1,453 5,366 933 41,901 633 4.0 1.2 3.0
Yorkshire and Humberside … … 64,146 3,007 10,732 2,272 80,157 1,357 5.3 1.8 4.0
North West … … … … … 110,086 6,254 17,448 3,976 137,764 2,253 6.6 1.9 4.8
North … … … … … 61,284 3,750 10,880 2,756 78,670 676 7.8 2.9 6.0
Scotland … … … … … 99,138 10,121 23,825 5,460 138,544 2,035 8.4 3.5 6.5
Wales … … … … … 40,191 2,128 7,442 1,635 51,396 3,958 6.7 2.7 5.3

Rates of unemployment are calculated for males, and for females, but not separately for men, women, boys and girls.