§ Mr. Duffyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the latest figures of wholly unemployed in the Yorkshire and Humberside region analysed by age, sex and local areas; and the corresponding national total, all figures expressed also as percentages.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
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Numbers wholly unemployed Percentage of total* Employment Exchange Areas Men aged 18 and over Boys under 18 Women aged 18 and over Girls under 18 Total all ages Men aged 18 and over Boys under 18 Women aged 18 and over Girls under 18 Horncastle 114 9 21 5 149 76.5 6.0 14.1 3.4 Horsforth 178 — 26 — 204 87.3 — 12.7 — Hoyland 335 13 63 6 417 80.3 3.1 15.1 1.4 Huddersfield 1,960 69 433 40 2,502 78.3 2.8 17.3 1.6 Hull 7,956 352 816 103 9,227 86.2 3.8 8.8 1.1 Keighley 1,179 40 236 19 1,474 80.0 2.7 16.0 1.3 Knottingley 394 — 52 — 446 88.3 — 11.7 — Leeds 7,943 332 894 163 9,332 85.1 3.6 9.6 1.7 Louth 221 6 38 1 266 83.1 2.3 14.3 0.4 Mablethorpe 239 12 42 8 301 79.4 4.0 14.0 2.7 Maltby 562 27 82 21 692 81.2 3.9 11.8 3.0 Mexborough 1,334 61 259 70 1,724 77.4 3.5 15.0 4.1 Morley 444 — 61 — 505 87.9 — 12.1 — Normanton 274 — 18 — 292 93.8 — 6.2 — Otley 217 5 32 5 259 83.8 1.9 12.4 1.9 Pocklington 87 3 22 5 117 74.4 2.6 18.8 4.3 Pontefract 822 59 113 55 1,049 78.4 5.6 10.8 5.2 Ripon 178 5 52 3 238 74.8 2.1 21.8 1.3 Rotherham 3,206 148 522 163 4,039 79.4 3.7 12.9 4.0 Rothwell 277 2 26 8 313 88.5 0.6 8.3 2.6 Royston 421 — 20 — 441 95.5 — 4.5 — Scunthorpe 1,236 73 427 86 1,822 67.8 4.0 23 .4 4.7 Seacroft 919 — 73 — 992 92.6 — 7.4 — Selby 262 5 47 4 318 82.4 1.6 14.8 1.3 Sheffield 7,752 285 906 150 9,093 85.3 3.1 10.0 1.6 Shipley 804 14 101 10 929 86.5 1.5 10.9 1.1 Skegness 747 31 124 19 921 81 .1 3.4 13.5 2.1 Skipton 297 17 103 12 429 69.2 4.0 24.0 2.8 South Kirkby 703 — 77 — 780 90.1 — 9.9 — Sowerby Bridge 155 — 21 — 176 88.1 — 11.9 — Spen Valley 366 10 53 8 437 83.8 2.3 12.1 1.8 Stanningley 641 4 60 4 709 90.4 0.6 8.5 0.6 Stocksbridge 221 — 24 — 245 90.2 — 9.8 — Tadcaster 111 4 18 5 138 80.4 2.9 13.0 3.6 Thorne 1,162 69 131 37 1,399 83.1 4.9 9.4 2.6 Todmorden 95 1 20 3 119 79.8 0.8 16.8 2.5 Wakefield 1,291 42 151 21 1,505 85.8 2.8 10.0 1.4 Wetherby 132 3 16 2 153 86.3 2.0 10.5 1.3 Wombwell 565 23 103 24 715 79.0 3.2 14.4 3.4 Woodhouse 522 — 42 — 564 92.6 — 7.4 — Yeadon 209 7 38 3 257 81.3 2.7 14.8 1.2 York 1,857 53 293 46 2,249 82.6 2.4 13.0 2.0 Yorkshire and Humberside Region 76,237 3,001 10,258 1,910 91,406 83.4 3.3 11.2 2.1 Great Britain 748,415 32,888 122.852 21,052 925,207 80.9 3.6 13.3 2.3 * The percentages have been rounded independently and do not in all cases exactly total 100.