HC Deb 11 November 1975 vol 899 c661W
Mr. Cordle

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of men in full-time employment in southern England were earning less than (a) £40, (b) £35 and (c) £30 per week at the latest date for which figures are available.

Mr. Booth

I will send the hon. Member the relevant results of the New Earnings Survey 1975 which will be published

Region (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Number of People on the Register of Disabled Persons April 1975 Workforce (estimate) March 1975 Column (1) as percentage of Column (2) Percentage of persons on the Disabled Persons Register who are unemployed September 1975 Total Regional Unemployment rate September 1975
South-East 138,908 8,152,000 1.9 10.0 3.6
East Anglia 14,477 12.7 4.2
South-West 41,023 1,562,000 2.6 13.3 5.8
West Midlands 56,049 2,286,000 2.5 12.6 5.8
East Midlands 37,056 1,509,000 2.5 12.7 4.7
Yorkshire and Humberside 59,199 2,029,000 2.9 13.3 5.3
North-West 83,222 2,812,000 3.0 14.4 6.9
North 37,813 1,309,000 2.9 17.4 7.6
Wales 36,306 1,034,000 3.5 12.0 7.5
Scotland 53,164 2,139,000 2.5 13.4 6.0
Northern Ireland 13,379 520,930 2.5 14.5 10.6