§ Mr. Dempseyasked 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
NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED, AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF Unemployment At 10TH JANUARY, 1972 IN THE ENGLISH REGIONS AND IN WALES, SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND Temporarily stopped included in total Percentage rates Men Boys Women Girls Total Males Females Total South East … … 157,386 5,157 22,092 2,796 187,431 1,482 3.4 0.8 2.4 East Anglia … … 19,410 801 2,896 474 23,581 305 4.9 1.4 3.6 South West … … 45,589 1,428 8,780 1,068 56,865 563 5.6 2.0 4.2 West Midlands … 95,352 2,999 12,540 1,572 112,463 25,185 6.7 1.7 4.9 East Midlands … 43,118 1,449 6,180 859 51,606 3,564 50 1.3 3.6 Yorkshire and Humberside … 81,065 3,270 10,685 2,147 97,167 5,799 6.6 1.7 4.8 North West … … 118,403 5,468 18,743 3,494 146,108 5,737 6.9 2.0 5.0 North … … 73,625 3,949 11,469 2,781 91,824 1,717 9.1 3.0 6.9 Wales … … 43,878 2,339 8,100 1,899 56,216 500 7.3 3.0 5.8 Scotland … … 115,545 7,498 26,119 5,140 154,302 4,091 9.3 3.7 7.1 Northern Ireland … 33,129 1,859 10,190 867 46,045 1,171 10.9 5.6 8.9 Rates of unemployment can be calculated for males and for females but not separately for men, women, boys and girls.