§ Mr. Hall-Davisasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the numbers of men unemployed and of women unemployed in each economic region and each special development area; and what percentages these represent of the total of men contributing to national insurance and women contributing in each respective region and area.
§ Mr. John FraserThe following table shows the numbers of males and females unemployed on 9th October 1975 and the corresponding rates of unemployment. 537W The rates are calculated by expressing the number unemployed as a
Regions Number unemployed Percentage rate of unemploytenm Males Females Males Females South-East … … 203,643 54,375 4.6 1.8 East Anglia … … 21,876 6,160 5.3 2.3 South-West … … 66,929 19,217 7.1 3.1 West Midlands … … 92,269 29,729 6.6 3.4 East Midlands … … 49,114 14,607 5.3 2.5 Yorkshire and Humberside … … 76,574 20,730 6.1 2.6 North-West … … 137,120 36,288 8.2 3.3 North … … 68,639 20,698 8.4 4.3 Wales … … 54,553 15,894 8.4 4.2 Scotland … … 94,310 31,486 7.3 3.6 Special Development Areas Males Females Males Females Merseyside … … 57,020 15,993 12.1 5.6 North-East … … 48,587 13,059 9.6 4.4 West Cumberland … … 2,666 1,474 7.1 7.2 South Wales … … 13,149 4,352 9.1 5.7 North-West Wales … … 4,187 1,065 13.5 6.3 West Central Scotland … … 49,153 16,186 8.6 4.3 Girvan … … 286 93 10.9 5.9 Leven and Methil … … 825 364 6.5 3.9 Glenrothes … … 567 266 Livingston … … 430 197 6.9 5.9 The Livingston and Glenrothes New Towns are special development areas. Unemployment figures are for employment office areas which are somewhat larger than the new towns. The percentage rate for Leven and Methil and Glenrothes relate to the Kirkcaldy travel-to-work area which includes Kirkcaldy and Burntisland which are not special development areas. The percentage rate for Livingston relates to the Bathgate travel-to work area which comprises Bathgate and Livingston.