Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 1 February 1940.
The following table shows the numbers of unemployed persons, aged 14 and over, on the registers of Employment Exchanges in the Administrative County of Durham and in each of the associated County Boroughs at 11th December, 1939:—
| Area. | Number. | |
| Durham Administrative County | … | 41,693 |
| Gateshead County Borough | … | 5,894 |
| Darlington County Borough | … | 1,619 |
| West Hartlepool County Borough | … | 3,550 |
| Sunderland County Borough | … | 11,953 |
| South Shields County Borough | … | 8,434 |
| Total-Durham County | … | 73,143 |
