§ 60. Mr. David Watkinsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what efforts he is making to end the industrial dispute at the Autolifts and Engineering Works at Hare Law, Stanley, County Durham.
ANNUAL AVERAGE PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR MALES 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 South-East … 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.6 2.0 1.3 East Anglia … South-West … 1.1 1.2 1.9 2.4 2.3 1.8 1.5 2.0 2.5 1.8 West Midlands … 0.5 1.1 1.3 1.7 1.6 1.0 1.6 2.1 2.5 1.1 East Midlands … 0.6 0.7 1.0 1.9 1.9 1.2 1.1 1.7 2.3 1.3 Yorkshire and Humberside … North-West … 1.3 1.3 1.7 2.8 3.0 2.2 1.9 2.9 3.6 2.5 North … 1.6 1.4 1.7 2.5 3.6 3.1 2.7 4.3 5.8 3.8 Wales … 1.6 1.8 2.4 3.7 3.7 2.6 2.6 3.3 3.9 2.7 Scotland … 2.4 2.4 2.7 4.0 4.9 4.1 3.5 4.3 5.5 4.1 Northern Ireland … 7.7 7.4 8.4 10.1 8.5 7.9 8.4 8.3 9.0 7.6 United Kingdom … 1.2 1.3 1.7 2.4 2.5 1.9 1.9 2.5 3.1 2.0
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 South-East … 1.1 1.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.8 East Anglia … 1.6 1.8 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.9 4.1 South-West … 1.8 2.2 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.7 4.5 West Midlands … 1.0 1.7 3.2 3.0 2.7 3.1 5.5 East Midlands … 1.1 1.4 2.3 2.5 2.7 3.2 4.2 Yorkshire and Humberside … 1.3 1.5 2.8 3.5 3.6 4.0 5.3 North-West … 2.0 1.9 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.9 5.5 North … 3.0 3.2 5.0 6.1 6.5 6.4 7.6 Wales … 2.8 3.3 4.6 4.8 5.1 5.0 5.8 Scotland … 3.4 3.4 4.7 4.8 4.9 5.7 7.8 Northern Ireland … 7.1 7.2 8.6 8.6 9.1 8.7 9.9 United Kingdom … 1.8 2.0 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.7 4.9 Rates of unemployment for the South-East, East Anglia, East Midlands and Yorkshire and Humberside standard regions cannot be calculated separately for dates earlier than 1965.