§ Mr. Wilkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of average weekly earnings in the Bradford-Shipley area to the latest available date; and how this figure compares with the average for the South Yorkshire and North Humberside intermediate areas and with each economic region in the country.
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(2) what were the figures for vacancies recorded at the latest available date at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Newburn employment exchanges, and what were the comparative figures for 1971 and 1970.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
§ Mr. BryanEstimates of average earnings are not available for areas smaller than the standard sub-regions for which estimates from the New Earnings Survey, 1971, were published in tables 71 and 73 of the January, 1972, issue of the Department'sGazette.
§ Mr. Wilkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage the number of registered vacancies in the Bradford-Shipley area constitutes of the total unemployed; and how this figure compares with the average of that for the South Yorkshire and North Humberside intermediate areas and the Northern and Merseyside development areas, respectively.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe following table shows the numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled to every hundred people registered as wholly unemployed:
Notified vacancies remaining unfilled per hundred people registered as wholly unemployed at January, 1972 Bradford and Shipley travel-to-work area 16.6 Yorkshire Coalfield intermediate area 7.1 North Humberside intermediate area 10.8 Northern development area 6.5 Merseyside development area 4.9 The figures relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.
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§ Mr. Wilkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will compare the percentage change in male and overall unemployment over the past 12 months for the Bradford-Shipley area with that of the average figures for the South Yorkshire, North-East Lancashire and North Humberside intermediate areas and the Northern and Merseyside development areas, respectively.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
PERCENTAGE INCREASE BETWEEN JANUARY, 1971 AND JANUARY, 1972 IN THE NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED Males Total, males and females Bradford and Shipley travel-to-work area 33.3 31.2 Yorkshire Coalfield intermediate area 40.7 42.4 North East Lancashire intermediate area 83.2 76.3 North Humberside intermediate area 22.5 23.9 Northern development area 33.9 36.1 Merseyside development area 42.5 47.5
§ Mr. Wilkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the percentage of male unemployment in the Bradford-Shipley employment exchange area at the latest available date; what is the percentage figure for overall unemployment in the Bradford-Shipley area; and how these figures compare with the average figures for the South Yorkshire and North Humberside intermediate areas, and Northern and Merseyside development areas, respectively.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AT 10TH JANUARY, 1972 Males Total, males and females Bradford and Shipley travel-to-work area 7.3 4.8 Yorkshire Coalfield intermediate area 8.5 6.7 North Humberside intermediate area 8.4 5.9 Northern development area 8.9 6.8 Merseyside development area 9.3 6.9