§ Mr. Trotterasked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the increase in male unemployment in actual and percentage terms between 1 March 1974 and the present time for (a) the United Kingdom as a whole, (b) the Northern Region and (c) each district within the Northern Region.
§ Mr. Golding, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 2 April 1979], gave the following answer:
654WThe increases are shown below for the period March 1974 to March 1979.
Actual increase Percentage increase United Kingdom 482,050 92.1 Northern Region 34,461 68.8 Of which, main travel to work areas:— North Tyneside 6,261 67.5 South Tyneside 5,506 64.6 Wearside 5,280 77.2 Teesside 6,536 79.5 Hartlepool 2,170 105.1 Central Durham 1,420 83.4 Darlington and South-West Durham 1,841 89.9 Morpeth 1,181 44.8