§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number and percentage of unemployed in the area covered by the city of Manchester for the latest available month and the comparable figures for the same months in each of the previous 10 years.
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 27 October 1980, c. 145]: The following table gives for October each year from 1970 to 1980 the numbers of people registered as unemployed and the unemployment rates for the Manchester travel-to-work area.
October each year Numbers unemployed Percentage rate 1970 15,649 2.2 1971 25,401 3.6 1972 28,739 4.3 1973 17,355 2.6 1974 20,028 2.8 1975 34,423 4.9 1976 39,813 5.7 1977 45,108 6.4 1978 42,196 6.0 1979 39,478 5.6 1980(provisional) 62,290 8.7