Development Districts (Hansard, 23 March 1960)

§ 60. Mr. Ross
asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number of registered unemployed in each of the districts listed under the Local Employ-

NUMBERS OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AND THE PERCENTAGE RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN EACH OF THE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS AT 15TH FEBRUARY, 1960

District Wholly unemployed Total including Temporarily stopped

Number Per cent. Number Per cent.

England—

Bishop Auckland, Crook, Shildon and Spennymoor … 2,111 4.3 2,178 4.4

Blackpool … 2,816 5.7 2,911 5.9

Bridlington and Filey … 828 7.4 1,054 9.4

Cornwall (excluding Bude, Gunnislake, Launceston, St. Austell, Saltash and Truro) … 4,046 6.8 4,077 6.9

Haltwhistle … 79 2.5 82 2.6

Hartlepools … 2,062 5.7 2,132 5.9

Ilfracombe … 315 9.7 322 9.9

Margate and Ramsgate … 2,171 7.6 2,174 7.6

Merseyside and Prescot … 26,362 4.1 26,699 4.1

Scarborough … 1,256 6.3 1,385 6.9

Sheerness … 679 8.0 679 8.0

Skegness and Mablethorpe … 808 7.1 823 7.2

South East Tyneside … 4,869 7.0 5,445 7.8

Southwold … 185 5.9 185 5.9

Sunderland, Seaham, Horden and Houghton-le-Spring … 7,749 5.8 7,994 6.0

West Cumberland (excluding Millom and Wigton) … 1,845 3.7 1,879 3.8

Whitby … 325 7.3 429 9.6

Scotland—

Aberdeen, Inveruric and Stonehaven … 4,339 4.5 4,772 4.9

Ardrossan, Dairy, Irvine, Kilbirnie, Kil-winning and Stevenston … 2,291 6.8 2,430 7.2

Bathgate, Broxburn and the Calders … 1,369 4.9 1,520 5.4

Dumbarton … 1,413 5.5 1,417 5.5

Dundee and Broughty Ferry … 3,281 3.8 3,378 3.9

Girvan … 226 6.5 282 8.1

Glasgow (including Barrhead, Clydebank, Kirkintilloch and Rutherglen) … 28,338 4.6 28,822 4.7

Greenock and Port Glasgow … 3,253 7.4 3,265 7.4

Highlands and Islands … 7,472 9.4 8,587 10.8

North Lanarkshire … 9,264 6.4 9,635 6.7

Paisley, Johnstone and Renfrew … 3,067 4.4 3,077 4.4

Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Banff and Buckie … 2,020 8.3 3,702 15.2

Rothesay … 347 12.5 351 12.6

Sanquhar … 157 6.0 158 60

Shotts … 361 4.8 363 4.8

Stranraer … 500 8.1 537 8.7

Wales—

Ammanford, Garnant, Pontardawe and Ystalyfera … 854 4.6 860 4.6

Anglesey … 1,336 11.8 1,345 11.9

Bargoed, Blackwood, Pontlottyn and Ystrad Mynach … 1,480 5.5 1,487 5.5

Caernarvon, Bangor, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Portmadoc and Pwllheli … 2,024 71 2,237 7.9

Llanelly … 1,193 2.8 1,267 3.0

Merthyr Tydfil … 1,050 4.6 1,050 4.6

Milford Haven and Pembroke Dock … 412 4.4 412 4.4

Rhondda, Pontyclun and Tonyrefail … 2,218 5.5 2,219 5.5

Rhyl … 780 6.6 780 6.6

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ment Bill; and what percentage of the employed persons in each area that represents.

§ Mr. Heath
The following is the reply:
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§ 61. Mr. Ross
asked the Minister of Labour if he will list the employment exchange areas outside the districts listed under the Local Employment Bill where the percentage of unemployed is 4 per

NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AREAS OUTSIDE THE DISTRICTS LISTED UNDER THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT BLLL WHERE THE PERCENTAGE RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT WAS 4 PER CENT. OR OVER ON 15TH FEBRUARY, 1960

Employment Exchanges Wholly Unemployed Total Unemployed (including Temporarily Stopped)

Number Percentage rate Number Percentage rate

ENGLAND:—

Amble … … … 130 4.0 169 5.2

Aylsham Area … … … 342 4.9 342 4.9

Beccles … … … 171 4.4 171 4.4

Berwick … … … 364 4.5 405 5.0

Bideford … … … 317 4.1 319 4.2

Bishops Castle … … … 27 3.5 37 4.8

Brixham … … … 135 6.2 139 6.4

Bude … … … 145 4.0 145 4.0

Bungay … … … 117 4.8 117 4.8

Cheadle … … … 130 2.2 242 4.1

Clacton-on-Sea … … … 506 4.7 506 4.7

Cleobury Mortimer … … … 37 4.1 40 4.4

Cromer … … … 306 4.0 306 4.0

Deal … … … 346 4.5 349 4.5

Diss … … … 223 5.5 224 5.5

Downham Market … … … 200 4.0 223 4.5

Exmouth … … … 255 4.3 256 4.3

Eye … … … 104 5.4 106 5.5

Fleetwood Area … … … 1,068 5.4 1,114 5.7

Grange-over-Sands … … … 61 4.2 65 4.5

Great Yarmouth … … … 1,181 4.3 1,188 4.3

Gunnislake … … … 75 12.8 75 12.8

Harleston … … … 170 6.1 170 6.1

Haswell … … … 205 4.3 206 4.3

Hemsworth Area … … … 598 4.5 599 4.5

Herne Bay/Whitstable … … … 449 6.2 464 6.4

Hoylake … … … 283 5.8 284 5.8

Isle of Wight … … … 1,451 4.9 1,509 5.1

Kingsbridge … … … 178 4.7 178 4.7

Leiston … … … 215 4.9 215 4.9

Leominster … … … 269 5.3 291 5.7

Lowestoft … … … 1,005 5.0 1,034 5.2

Marple … … … 174 7.1 174 71

Morecambe … … … 520 4.0 560 4.3

Neston … … … 101 5.0 101 5.0

Pickering … … … 158 6.9 191 8.4

Pitsea Area … … … 624 4.8 667 5.1

Plymouth Area … … … 3,358 4.0 3,393 4.0

Ross-on-Wye … … … 235 6.6 243 6.8

Saltburn … … … 184 6.2 185 6.2

Seaton … … … 53 3.7 59 4.2

South Tyne West … … … 2,940 3.8 3,102 4.1

Stokesley … … … 59 4.3 59 4.3

Teignmouth … … … 244 5.3 244 5.3

Thorne … … … 563 6.8 567 6.8

Torquay Area … … … 1,271 4.9 1,311 5.1

Widnes … … … 838 4.0 846 4.0

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cent. or over, giving, in each case, the number of unemployed and the percentage.

§ Mr. Heath
The following is the reply:
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Employment Exchanges Wholly Unemployed Total Unemployed (including Temporarily Stopped)

Number Percentage rate Number Percentage rate

SCOTLAND:—

Arbroath Area … … … 437 4.5 558 5.8

Banchory … … … 130 3.4 195 5.1

Blairgowrie … … … 214 4.2 261 5.2

Bo'ness … … … 277 4.6 279 4.6

Brechin … … … 183 4.1 196 4.4

Castle Douglas … … … 303 4.8 307 4.8

Cowdenbeath Area … … … 2,267 4.3 2,292 4.3

Elgin Area … … … 433 3.6 864 7.2

Forres Area … … … 317 5.5 405 7.0

Keith … … … 122 3.4 190 5.2

Kilmarnock Area … … … 1,219 3.5 2,443 7.1

Kirkcaldy Area … … … 2,184 4.4 2,209 4.5

Largs … … … 157 5.8 157 5.8

Lesmahagow … … … 224 5.7 232 5.9

Montrose … … … 257 3.5 348 4.7

Musselburgh Area … … … 511 3.2 659 4.1

Newton Stewart … … … 204 5.5 204 5.5

Turriff … … … 137 5.4 196 7.7

WALES:—

Abergavenny Area … … … 209 4.0 210 4.0

Caerphilly Area … … … 697 6.6 706 6.7

Cardigan … … … 149 5.3 149 5.3

Corwen Area … … … 121 4.0 143 4.7

Lampeter Area … … … 189 4.8 192 4.9

Llandrindod Wells Area … … … 113 2.9 160 4.1

Llandudno Area … … … 533 5.5 533 5.5

Porthcawl … … … 120 5.7 120 5.7

Swansea Area … … … 2,513 4.1 2,608 4.2

Tenby Area … … … 189 6.0 189 6.0

Towyn … … … 39 4.0 39 4.0

Wrexham Area … … … 1,478 4.0 1,479 4.0

NUMBERS OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AND THE PERCENTAGE RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN EACH OF THE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS AT 15TH FEBRUARY, 1960
District	Wholly unemployed	Total including Temporarily stopped
Number	Per cent.	Number	Per cent.
England—
Bishop Auckland, Crook, Shildon and Spennymoor	…	2,111	4.3	2,178	4.4
Blackpool	…	2,816	5.7	2,911	5.9
Bridlington and Filey	…	828	7.4	1,054	9.4
Cornwall (excluding Bude, Gunnislake, Launceston, St. Austell, Saltash and Truro)	…	4,046	6.8	4,077	6.9
Haltwhistle	…	79	2.5	82	2.6
Hartlepools	…	2,062	5.7	2,132	5.9
Ilfracombe	…	315	9.7	322	9.9
Margate and Ramsgate	…	2,171	7.6	2,174	7.6
Merseyside and Prescot	…	26,362	4.1	26,699	4.1
Scarborough	…	1,256	6.3	1,385	6.9
Sheerness	…	679	8.0	679	8.0
Skegness and Mablethorpe	…	808	7.1	823	7.2
South East Tyneside	…	4,869	7.0	5,445	7.8
Southwold	…	185	5.9	185	5.9
Sunderland, Seaham, Horden and Houghton-le-Spring	…	7,749	5.8	7,994	6.0
West Cumberland (excluding Millom and Wigton)	…	1,845	3.7	1,879	3.8
Whitby	…	325	7.3	429	9.6
Scotland—
Aberdeen, Inveruric and Stonehaven	…	4,339	4.5	4,772	4.9
Ardrossan, Dairy, Irvine, Kilbirnie, Kil-winning and Stevenston	…	2,291	6.8	2,430	7.2
Bathgate, Broxburn and the Calders	…	1,369	4.9	1,520	5.4
Dumbarton	…	1,413	5.5	1,417	5.5
Dundee and Broughty Ferry	…	3,281	3.8	3,378	3.9
Girvan	…	226	6.5	282	8.1
Glasgow (including Barrhead, Clydebank, Kirkintilloch and Rutherglen)	…	28,338	4.6	28,822	4.7
Greenock and Port Glasgow	…	3,253	7.4	3,265	7.4
Highlands and Islands	…	7,472	9.4	8,587	10.8
North Lanarkshire	…	9,264	6.4	9,635	6.7
Paisley, Johnstone and Renfrew	…	3,067	4.4	3,077	4.4
Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Banff and Buckie	…	2,020	8.3	3,702	15.2
Rothesay	…	347	12.5	351	12.6
Sanquhar	…	157	6.0	158	60
Shotts	…	361	4.8	363	4.8
Stranraer	…	500	8.1	537	8.7
Wales—
Ammanford, Garnant, Pontardawe and Ystalyfera	…	854	4.6	860	4.6
Anglesey	…	1,336	11.8	1,345	11.9
Bargoed, Blackwood, Pontlottyn and Ystrad Mynach	…	1,480	5.5	1,487	5.5
Caernarvon, Bangor, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Portmadoc and Pwllheli	…	2,024	71	2,237	7.9
Llanelly	…	1,193	2.8	1,267	3.0
Merthyr Tydfil	…	1,050	4.6	1,050	4.6
Milford Haven and Pembroke Dock	…	412	4.4	412	4.4
Rhondda, Pontyclun and Tonyrefail	…	2,218	5.5	2,219	5.5
Rhyl	…	780	6.6	780	6.6

NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AREAS OUTSIDE THE DISTRICTS LISTED UNDER THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT BLLL WHERE THE PERCENTAGE RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT WAS 4 PER CENT. OR OVER ON 15TH FEBRUARY, 1960
Employment Exchanges				Wholly Unemployed	Total Unemployed (including Temporarily Stopped)
			Number	Percentage rate	Number	Percentage rate
ENGLAND:—
Amble	…	…	…	130	4.0	169	5.2
Aylsham Area	…	…	…	342	4.9	342	4.9
Beccles	…	…	…	171	4.4	171	4.4
Berwick	…	…	…	364	4.5	405	5.0
Bideford	…	…	…	317	4.1	319	4.2
Bishops Castle	…	…	…	27	3.5	37	4.8
Brixham	…	…	…	135	6.2	139	6.4
Bude	…	…	…	145	4.0	145	4.0
Bungay	…	…	…	117	4.8	117	4.8
Cheadle	…	…	…	130	2.2	242	4.1
Clacton-on-Sea	…	…	…	506	4.7	506	4.7
Cleobury Mortimer	…	…	…	37	4.1	40	4.4
Cromer	…	…	…	306	4.0	306	4.0
Deal	…	…	…	346	4.5	349	4.5
Diss	…	…	…	223	5.5	224	5.5
Downham Market	…	…	…	200	4.0	223	4.5
Exmouth	…	…	…	255	4.3	256	4.3
Eye	…	…	…	104	5.4	106	5.5
Fleetwood Area	…	…	…	1,068	5.4	1,114	5.7
Grange-over-Sands	…	…	…	61	4.2	65	4.5
Great Yarmouth	…	…	…	1,181	4.3	1,188	4.3
Gunnislake	…	…	…	75	12.8	75	12.8
Harleston	…	…	…	170	6.1	170	6.1
Haswell	…	…	…	205	4.3	206	4.3
Hemsworth Area	…	…	…	598	4.5	599	4.5
Herne Bay/Whitstable	…	…	…	449	6.2	464	6.4
Hoylake	…	…	…	283	5.8	284	5.8
Isle of Wight	…	…	…	1,451	4.9	1,509	5.1
Kingsbridge	…	…	…	178	4.7	178	4.7
Leiston	…	…	…	215	4.9	215	4.9
Leominster	…	…	…	269	5.3	291	5.7
Lowestoft	…	…	…	1,005	5.0	1,034	5.2
Marple	…	…	…	174	7.1	174	71
Morecambe	…	…	…	520	4.0	560	4.3
Neston	…	…	…	101	5.0	101	5.0
Pickering	…	…	…	158	6.9	191	8.4
Pitsea Area	…	…	…	624	4.8	667	5.1
Plymouth Area	…	…	…	3,358	4.0	3,393	4.0
Ross-on-Wye	…	…	…	235	6.6	243	6.8
Saltburn	…	…	…	184	6.2	185	6.2
Seaton	…	…	…	53	3.7	59	4.2
South Tyne West	…	…	…	2,940	3.8	3,102	4.1
Stokesley	…	…	…	59	4.3	59	4.3
Teignmouth	…	…	…	244	5.3	244	5.3
Thorne	…	…	…	563	6.8	567	6.8
Torquay Area	…	…	…	1,271	4.9	1,311	5.1
Widnes	…	…	…	838	4.0	846	4.0