HC Deb 11 May 1981 vol 4 c183W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of persons unemployed, the percentage rate of unemployment, the total number of vacancies and the ratio of vacancies to unemployed for (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands as at April 1981.

Unemployed Vacancies
Number Percentage rate At employment offices* At careers offices
Wolverhampton travel-to-work area 20,036 13.7 117 6
West Midlands Region 286,279 12.3 5,963 510
* revised.

Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the rate of unemployment of (a) men and (b) women for the Wolverhampton area in April 1981

Mr. Peter Morrison

At 9 April, the provisional rates of unemployment for males and females in the Wolverhampton travel-to-work area were 16.4 and 9.4 per cent., respectively.