§ Mr. Carterasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the unemployment statistics for each region of the United Kingdom in percentage and numerical terms, at the latest available date.
§ Mr. John FraserFollowing is the information:
UNEMPLOYED ON 14TH JULY 1975 Number Percentage rate of unemployment South East 224,857 3.0 East Anglia 23,992 3.5 South West 77,880 5.0 West Midlands 107,838 4.7 East Midlands 62,359 4.1 Yorkshire and Humberside 88,662 4.3 North West 168,640 6.1 North 87,275 6.7 Wales 65,005 6.3 Scotland 129,836 6.0 Northern Ireland 51,525 9.9 The figures are provisional.