§ Mr. Rossasked the Minister of Labour (1) the numbers of registered unemployed at 14th March, 1960, in each of the districts listed under the Local Employment Act, and what percentage rate of unemployment in each area that represents;
(2) if he will list the employment exchange areas, outside the districts listed under the Local Employment Act, where the percentage rate of unemployment at 14th March, 1960, was 4 per cent. or over; and, in each case, the number of unemployed and the percentage.
§ Mr. Heath,pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 28th March, 1960; Vol. 620, c. 90–1] supplied the following information as requested:
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NUMBERS OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED AND THE PERCENTAGE RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN EACH OF THE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS AT 14TH MARCH, 1960 District Wholly Unemployed Total (including Temporarily Stopped) Number Per cent. Number Per cent. ENGLAND Bishop Auckland, Crook, Shildon and Spennymoor 1,920 3.9 1,960 4.0 Blackpool 2,697 5.5 2,767 5.6 Bridlington and Filey 682 6.1 816 7.3 Cornwall (excluding Bude, Gunnislake, Launceston, St. Austell, Saltash and Truro) 3,987 6.7 4,014 6.8 Haltwhistle 69 2.2 77 2.4 Hartlepools 1,997 5.5 2,023 5.6 Ilfracombe 308 9.5 321 9.8 Isle of Wight 1,356 4.6 1,405 4.8 Margate and Ramsgate 2,000 7.0 2,005 7.0 Merseyside and Prescot 25,300 3.9 25,461 3.9 Plymouth, Gunnislake and Saltash 3,252 3.8 3,274 3.9 Scarborough 1,161 5.8 1,251 6.2 Sheerness 637 7.5 637 7.5 Skegness and Mablethorpe 737 6.5 745 6.5 South East Tyneside 4,355 6.2 4,814 6.9 Southwold 170 5.4 170 5.4 Sunderland, Seaham, Horden and Houghton-le-Spring 7,394 5.5 7,569 5.7 West Cumberland (excluding Millom and Wogton) 1,795 3.6 1,819 3.7 Whitby 326 7.3 444 9.9 SCOTLAND Aberdeen, Inverurie and Stonehaven 4,108 4.2 4,147 4.2 Ansthuther 144 6.0 186 7.8 Ardrossan, Dairy, Irvine, Kilbirnie, Kil-winning and Stevenston 1,982 5.9 2,096 6.2 Bathgate, Broxburn and the Calders 1,376 4.9 1,505 5.3 Dumbarton 1,344 5.2 1,381 5.4 Dundee and Broughty Ferry 3,326 3.8 3,418 3.9 Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath, Burntisland, Inverkeithing 2,124 4.0 2,151 4.1 Girvan 195 5.6 254 7.3 Glasgow (including Barrhead, Clydebank, Kirkintilloch and Rutherglen) 27,288 4.5 27,737 4.5 Greenock and Port Glasgow 3,089 7.0 3,103 7.0 Highlands and Islands 7,006 8.8 7,877 9.9 North Lanarkshire 8,673 6.0 8,978 6.3 Paisley, Johnstone and Renfrew 2,947 4.2 2,951 4.2 Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Banff and Buckie 2,051 8.4 2,413 9.9 Rothesay 320 11.5 324 11.7 Sanquhar 149 5.7 150 5.7 Shotts 370 4.9 375 5.0 Stranraer 473 7.6 486 7.8 WALES Ammanford, Garnant, Pontardawe and Ystalyfera 772 4.1 775 4.2 Anglesey 1,221 10.8 1,221 10.8 Bargoed, Blackwood, Pontlottyn and Ystrad Mynach 1,336 5.0 1,344 5.0 Caernarvon, Bangor, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Portmadoc and Pwllheli 1,894 6.7 2,030 7.2 Llanelly 1,088 2.6 1,153 2.7 Merthyr Tydfil 994 4.3 994 4.3 Milford Haven and Pembroke Dock 305 3.2 305 3.2 Rhondda, Pontyclun and Tonyrefail 1,907 4.7 1,908 4.7 Rhyl 713 6.0 713 6.0
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AREAS OUTSIDE THE DISTRICTS LISTED UNDER THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT ACT, I960, WHERE THE PERCENTAGE RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT WAS 4 PER CENT, OR OVER ON 14TH MARCH, 1960 Employment Exchanges Wholly Unemployed Total Unemployed (including Temporarily Stopped) Number Percentage Rate Number Percentage Rate ENGLAND Aylsham Area … … … 292 4.1 293 4.2 Beccles … … … 168 4.3 168 4.3 Berwick … … … 335 4.2 366 4.5 Bideford … … … 309 4.0 318 4.1 Brixham … … … 131 6.0 178 8.2 Bungay … … … 98 4.1 98 4.1 Clacton-on-Sea … … … 439 4.1 439 4.1 Deal … … … 383 .9 387 5.0 Diss … … … 209 5.2 209 5.2 Eye … … … 100 5.2 100 5.2 Fleetwood Area … … … 962 4.9 999 5.1 Great Harwood … … … 447 4.2 472 4.5 Harleston … … … 160 5.8 160 5.8 Haswell … … … 195 41 196 4.1 Hemsworth Area … … … 567 4.3 586 4.4 Herne Bay/Whitstable … … … 403 5.5 417 5.7 Hoylake … … … 274 5.6 274 5.6 Kingsbridge … … … 169 4.5 169 4.5 Leiston … … … 198 4.5 198 4.5 Leominster … … … 233 4.6 235 4.6 Lowestoft … … … 893 4.5 894 4.5 Marple … … … 146 6.0 146 6.0 Morecambe … … … 505 3.8 545 4.2 Neston … … … 97 4.8 97 4.8 Pitsea Area … … … 634 4.8 641 4.9 Ross-on-Wye … … … 198 5.6 198 5.6 Saltburn … … … 164 5.5 165 5.6 Stokesley … … … 57 4.1 57 4.1 Teignmouth … … … 211 4.6 2.11 4.6 Thorne … … … 510 6.1 515 6.2 Torquay Area … … … 1,065 41 1,094 4.2 SCOTLAND Arbroath Area … … … 396 4.1 476 4.9 Bo'ness … … … 279 4.6 280 4.6 Castle Douglas … … … 269 4.2 269 4.2 Forres Area … … … 258 4.5 261 4.5 Kirkcaldy Area … … … 2,035 4.1 2,049 4.2 Largs … … … 158 5.9 158 5.9 Lesmahagow … … … 207 5.3 207 5.3 Newton Stewart … … … 178 4.8 178 4.8 Turriff … … … 119 4.7 119 4.7 WALES Caerphilly Area … … … 615 5.8 616 5.8 Cardigan … … … 131 4.7 131 4.7 Lampeter Area … … … 165 4.2 169 4.3 Llandudno Area … … … 501 5.2 501 5.2 Porthcawl … … … 92 4.4 92 4.4 Tenby Area … … … 166 5.2 166 5.2