§ 48. Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the rate of male unemployment in the Rotherham, Maltby and Darrington exchange areas at the latest available date, and the increase in each area since the equivalent date in 1970.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithBased on the total numbers registered as unemployed, including the temporarily stopped, the provisional percentage rates of unemployment at 14th February for males in the Rotherham, Maltby and Dinnington employment exchange areas were 13.6, 11.7 and 24.7 respectively. The temporarily stopped included substantial numbers of workers laid off because of restrictions on the use of power. Between February, 1970, and February, 1972, the148W numbers of males registered as wholly unemployed in these areas increased by 1,470, 107 and 216, respectively. Based only on those wholly unemployed, the rates for males on 14th February were provisionally 8.8, 10.9 and 11.9 respectively.