HC Deb 10 April 1973 vol 854 cc256-7W
Mr. Edwin Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the numbers of employees in employment in the Mexborough and Womb-well employment exchange areas for each of the past 10 years.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Estimates are made for each mid-year and the most recent are for June 1971. Figures are available separately for Wombwell and collectively for Mexborough and Gold-thorpe. Following is the available information:

ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT IN EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AREAS
(thousands)
Mexborough and Goldthorpe Wombwell
June 1962 … … 33.2 9.2
June 1963 … … 33.0 9.4
June 1964 … … 32.6 9.4
June 1965 … … 32.1 9.2
June 1966 … … 30.6 9.1
June 1967 … … 30.5 9.0
June 1968 … … 30.0 8.8
June 1969 … … 30.2 8.6
June 1970 … … 29.3 7.8
June 1971 … … 29.1 7.7

The estimates are subject to sampling and other errors and no significance should be attached to small changes from one year to another.