§ Mr. Laurance Reedasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what 98W percentage of the working population in the Merseyside development area is presently unemployed;
(2) what percentage of the working population is presently unemployed in the North-West Region taken as a whole, but excluding the Merseyside Development Area, the North-East Lancashire Intermediate Area, and the Bolton travel-to-work district;
(3) what percentage of the working population is presently unemployed in the North-East Lancashire Intermediate Area.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
Percentage rates of unemployment at January, 1972 (provisional) Merseyside Development Area 6.9 North-West region outside the Mersey-side Development Area, North-East Lancashire Intermediate Area and Bolton travel-to-work area 4.2 North-East Lancashire Intermediate Area 4.2
§ Mr. Laurance Reedasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will give the percentage increases in unemployment over the last 12 months in the Merseyside Development Area and the North-East Lancashire Intermediate Area, respectively;
(2) if he will give the percentage increases in unemployment over the last 12 months in the North-West Region, and in the Bolton travel-to-work district, respectively.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
Percentage increases between January, 1971, and January, 1972, in the numbers registered as unemployed, including those temporarily stopped Per cent. Merseyside Development Area 47.5 North-East Lancashire Intermediate Area 76.3 North-West region 56.9 Bolton travel-to-work area 172.0