§ Mr. Edwin Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the numbers of males and females, respectively, registered as unemployed at the latest available date, at the Mexborough and Wombwell employment exchanges, and the figures for the previous 12 months.
§ Mr. John FraserThe following table shows the numbers unemployed in the 117W area covered by the Mexborough and Wombwell employment offices. Owing to industrial action at local offices of the Employment Service Agency the most recent figures available for local areas relate to the last full count made in November 1974.
UNEMPLOYED IN MEXBOROUGH AND WOMBWELL Males Females November 1973 1,157 184 December 1973 1,161 170 January 1974 1,314 199 February 1974 1,347 215 March 1974 1,399 218 April 1974 1,499 376 May 1974 1,300 211 June 1974 1,223 216 July 1974 1,325 335 August 1974 1,462 486 September 1974 1,396 381 October 1974 1,274 244 November 1974 1,222 244