HC Deb 12 March 1973 vol 852 cc252-3W
Mr. George Grant

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the numbers and percentages of unemployed, by sex, in the mid-Northumberland local employment area at the latest available date; and how these compare with the national figures.

Mr. Dudley Smith

On 12th February there were 2,924 males and 515 females unemployed in the area covered by the Alnwick, Amble, Ashington, Bedlington, Blyth and Morpeth employment exchanges. The rates of unemployment were 7.4 per cent. for males and 2.7 per cent. for females. In Great Britain there were 596,739 males and 120,781 females unemployed and the rates were 4.2 per cent. and 1.4 per cent. respectively. The figures are provisional.