HC Deb 26 November 1974 vol 882 c103W
Mr. John Evans

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current percentage of male unemployment in

PERCENTAGE RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN OCTOBER: MALES
1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Tyneside … 3.6 3.0 3.5 5.7 6.9 7.1 7.0 8.6 8.6 5.9 7.0
Wearside … 5.1 3.6 3.8 7.1 8.7 8.2 7.7 10.4 10.6 7.6 8.7
Teesside … 3.4 2.4 3.0 4.8 5.3 4.7 4.8 8.4 8.5 5.3 5.7
Merseyside … 4.3 3.4 3.6 4.9 5.1 5.9 6.7 10.2 10.1 8.0 9.5
Clydebank … 5.1 4.1 4.4 6.2 5.9 6.2 7.9 10.5 10.9 7.0 7.0
Furness … 2.1 1.7 1.5 2.3 3.5 3.0 2.4 3.2 2.7 2.5 3.0
Belfast … * * 4.1 5.8 6.9 6.6 6.8 8.6 7.0 49. 5.0
United Kingdom 1.8 1.7 2.1 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.5 5.0 4.8 3.1 3.7
* For Belfast, rates of unemployment are available only from 1966.

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