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Mr. Kilroy-Silk
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of unemployed on Merseyside and in Wales and Scotland and London at the latest available date; and what were the respective percentages of those employed.
Mr. John Fraser
Following is the information at December 1975:
| Number unemployed | Percentage rate of unemployment* | |
| Merseyside Special Development Area | 74,477 | 9·9 |
| Wales | 73,588 | 7·2 |
| Scotland | 130,999 | 6·1 |
| Greater London | 129,524 | 3·3 |
| * Rates of unemployment are calculated by expressing the number unemployed as a percentage of the estimated number of employees, including the unemployed. | ||