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Mr. David Mitchell
asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what was the average weekly number of new strikes outside the coal industry in the 10 years 1950 to 1959 and 1960 to 1969, in the year 1969, and the year 1970;(2) what was the number of working days lost in 1964, in 1969 and in 1970;(3) what was the number of strikes in 1964, in 1969 and in 1970;(4) what was the number of strikes outside the coal industry in 1964, in 1969 and in 1970.
Mr. Bryan
Excluding the coal mining industry, the average weekly number of stoppages of work due to industrial disputes in the United Kingdom in the 10 years 1950 to 1959 was 11; in the 10
| ESTIMATED NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE MEXBOROUGH, GOLDTHORPE AND WOMBWELL EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES | |||||||
| (Thousands) | |||||||
| Males | Females | Total | |||||
| June, 1950 | … | … | … | … | 35·4 | 5·8 | 41·2 |
| June, 1960 | … | … | … | … | 33·9 | 8·0 | 42·0 |
| June, 1969 | … | … | … | … | 27·9 | 10·9 | 38·8 |
| Employment estimates are made for Mexborough and Goldthorpe collectively but not separately Also, separate estimates are not compiled for men, women, boys and girls. | |||||||
| NUMBERS REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE MEXBOROUGH AND WOMBWELL EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES | |||||||||
| Men | Women | Boys | Girls | Total | |||||
| June, 1950 | … | … | … | … | 158 | 158 | 16 | 17 | 349 |
| June, 1960 | … | … | … | … | 374 | 262 | 33 | 36 | 705 |
| June, 1969 | … | … | … | … | 1,207 | 186 | 63 | 26 | 1,482 |
| January, 1971 (provisional) | … | 1,388 | 161 | 61 | 57 | 1,667 | |||