§ Mr. Walter Cleggasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity (1) if she will publish a table showing the highest summer and winter unemployment figures, expressed as a percentage, in the employment exchange areas specified in Schedule 17 of the Finance Bill from 1964 to date;
(2) if he will publish a table showing the highest summer and winter unemployment figures, expressed as a percentage, in the following employment exchange areas, Fleetwood, Thornton Cleveleys, Blackpool, Lytham St. Annes, Southport, Morecambe, Heysham and New Brighton from 1964 to date.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerFollowing is the information:
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HIGHEST PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE OR TRAVEL-TO-WORK AREAS BETWEEN JANUARY, 1964 AND APRIL, 1968 IN SUMMER (MAY TO SEPTEMBER INCLUSIVE) AND WINTER (OCTOBER TO APRIL) Summer Winter In the Northern Development Area Alnwick 4.1 6.0 Amble 8.3 9.0 Barnard Castle and Middleton-in-Teasdale* 4.7 6.9 Berwick-on-Tweed 3.2 5.8 Cleator Moor and Whitehaven* 6.6 6.3 Cockermouth. Workington and Maryport* 7.9 7.5 Crook, Bishop Auckland and Shildon* 7.6 7.5 Grange-over-Sands 4.5 6.7 Haltwhistle 2.4 2.8 Hexham 2.3 2.8 Kendal 0.7 1.1 Keswick 2.1 4.0 Malton 2.0 3.1 Millom 5.9 5.4 Morpeth 2.9 3.6 Northallerton 1.3 1.9 Penrith 1.3 2.0 Pickering 2.2 2.8 Prudhoe 7.2 7.4 Richmond 1.8 2.0 Scarborough 4.8 6.8 Thirsk 2.9 2.6 Ulverston 2.5 2.9 Whitby 8.0 10.1 160W
Summer Winter In the Northern Development Area Banchory 2.9 6.6 Banff 8.1 9.0 Blairgowrie 3.4 5.1 Buckie 8.0 9.4 Campbeltown 13.0 13.9 Castle Doaglas 4.9 6.3 Dingwall and Invergordon* 6.5 11.0 Dumfries, Lockerbie and Annan* 5.5 5.4 Dunoon 2.9 6.2 Elgin and Lossiemouth* 4.4 5.5 Eyemouth 3.9 4.8 Forres and Nairn* 4.0 7.3 Fort William 3.1 5.9 Girvan 7.0 10.6 Helensburgh, Alexandria and Dumbarton* 7.0 8.3 Huntley (including Keith) 3.7 7.1 Inverness 4.8 7.2 Jedburgh and Kelso* 1.9 4.1 Kirkwall 5.0 6.6 Lerwick 16.0 23.0 Lochgilphcad 5.7 8.0 Newton Slewart 8.3 9.6 Oban 5.7 9.5 Perth and Crieff* 2.9 3.3 Pitlochry 2.1 3.9 Portree 7.5 16.3 Rothesay 6.7 13.5 Sanquhar 11.5 11.8 Stirling and Alloa* 2.8 3.3 Stornoway 26.6 30.2 Stranraer 8.5 10.6 Thurso 6.5 10.6 Wick 9.5 13.1 In the Welsh Development Area Aberystwyth 3.6 5.2 Amlwch, Holyhead, Beaumaris and Llangefni* 8.3 9.0 Bangor, Caernarvon, Bethesda and Penygroes* 6.0 6.6 Blaenau Ffestiniog 6.6 9.5 Brecon and Builth Wells* 2.2 2.7 Cardigan 4.5 5.8 Carmarthen 2.2 2.8 Conway, Llandudno and Penmaenmawr* 4.2 9.7 Crickhowell and Abergavenny* 3.8 4.8 Denbigh 1.6 2.3 Fishguard 3.9 4.8 Haverfordwest 2.9 3.9 Lampeter and Llandyssul* 5.5 7.2 Llandeilo and Llandovery* 3.8 5.3 Llandrindod Wells and Knighton* 3.7 5.3 Llangollen and Corwen* 3.9 5.5 Llanrwst 3.6 6.1 Machynlleth 3.7 5.6 Milford Haven 14.7 16.6 Newtown 4.0 9.2 Pembroke Dock 4.2 10.1 Portmadoc and Pwllheli* 5.0 8.1 Tenby and Narberth* 3.4 6.9 Welshpool 2.7 3.7 In the South Western Development Area Barnstaple 3.1 4.2 Bideford 3.9 5.8 Bude 4.9 8.2 Camborne and Redruth* 5.9 6.7 Camelford 6.8 11.5
Summer Winter Falmouth 10.5 17.5 Helston 8.2 11.4 Ilfracombe 6.8 12.1 Liskeard and Looe* 6.5 8.6 Newquay and Perranporth* 6.1 9.5 Penzance, St. Ives and St. Mary's* 6.6 9.1 St. Austell and Bodmin* 3.5 4.7 Truro 3.2 4.2 Wadebridge 7.1 10.7 Other Areas Birkenhead, Bebington and Wallasey (including New Brighton)* 5.4 5.7 Blackpool 5.3 6.4 Fleetwood and Thornton Cleveleys* 6.4 8.3 Lytham St. Annes* 2.1 3.0 Southport 3.2 4.3 Morecambe (including Heysham) 4.4 5.5 * Travel-to-work area.