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Mr. Hicks
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the male unemployment rate in the South West Development Area and Plymouth Intermediate Area in July for each year since 1964 and what are the corresponding percentages for Great Britain.
Mr. John Fraser,
pursuant to the reply [Official Report, 30th July 1975; Vol. 896, c. 519–20], gave the following information.The following table shows the information available. For years prior to 1966 statistics of the unemployed in development areas were compiled only for each June.
| Percentage rate of unemployment: Males | |||
| South West Development Area | South Western Intermediate Area | Great Britain | |
| June 1964 | 3·0 | 1·9 | 1·6 |
| June 1965 | 3·3 | 2·2 | 1·4 |
| July 1966 | 2·5 | 2·1 | 1·4 |
| July 1967 | 3·9 | 3·4 | 2·6 |
| July 1968 | 4·3 | 3·8 | 2·9 |
| July 1969 | 4·6 | 4·1 | 3·0 |
| July 1970 | 4·8 | 4·8 | 3·3 |
| July 1971 | 5·1 | 5·0 | 4·5 |
| July 1972 | 5·6 | 4·8 | 4·8 |
| July 1973 | 3·6 | 3·5 | 3·3 |
| July 1974 | 4·4 | 3·9 | 3·4 |
| July 1975 | 9·2 | 7·8 | 5·9 |