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Mr. Nicholas Winterton
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the seasonally adjusted rate of unemployment, excluding school leavers, in Great Britain, and in the constituency of Macclesfield during each of the years 1969 to the first quarter of 1978.
Mr. Golding
Local area unemployment statistics are not seasonally-adjusted and the readily available figures are shown below. The unemployment rates relate to the unadjusted numbers unemployed, excluding school leavers.
| Great Britain | Macclesfield* | ||
| June 1910 | … | 2·1 | 1·5 |
| June 1970 | … | 2·3 | 2·5 |
| June 1971 | … | 3·1 | 2·7 |
| June 1972 | … | 3·4 | 2·7 |
| June 1973 | … | 2·4 | 1·8 |
| June 1974 | … | 2·2 | 1·6 |
| June 1975 | … | 3·5 | 2·8 |
| June 1976 | … | 5·0 | 3·8 |
| June 1977 | … | 5·3 | 4·0 |
| May 1978† | … | 5·5 | 4·5 |
| * Macclesfield and Congleton local office areas. | |||
| † Latest available figures. | |||
| Merseyside | Greater Manchester | Lancashire | Cheshire | Cumbria | |
| July 1976 | 25,769 | 20,968 | 9,306 | 7,786 | 3,983 |
| July 1977 | 21,886 | 25,499 | 10,489 | 16,800 | 4,275 |