Yorkshire and Humberside

HC Deb 13 June 1972 vol 838 cc271-2W

69. Dr. Marshall

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will list the precentage rates of male and female unemployment for all employment exchange areas of the Yorkshire and Humberside region.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Following is the information:

PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AT 8TH MAY, 1972, FOR EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AREAS IN THE YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE REGION EITHER SINGLY OR GROUPED TO FORM TRAVEL-TO-WORK AREAS
	Males	Females
Barnoldswick	2.4	4.0
Bridlington	11.5	2.4
Brighouse	3.5	1.0
Dinnington	10.7	7.4
Driffield	3.1	1.1
Filey	7.8	2.1
Gainsborough	6.3	3.4
Goole	6.7	2.5
Grimsby	6.5	1.8
Harrogate	3.7	1.0
Hebden Bridge	3.3	0.7
Horncastle	5.8	2.0
Huddersfield	2.8	1.3
Keighley	5.8	1.8
Louth	4.3	1.5
Mablethorpe	10.4	3.0
Maltby	9.6	3.8
Pocklington	3.4	2.2
Ripon	4.9	1.8
Rotherham	8.6	4.6
Selby	2.7	1.7
Skegness	9.3	2.2
Skipton	3.9	1.6
Tadcaster	2.6	3.0
Todmorden	3.0	1.0
Wakefield	3.9	0.7
Wetherby	2.3	0.7
York	5.3	2.3
Barnsley*	7.8	2.4
Bradford*	6.0	1.0
Castleford*	6.1	2.3

	Males	Females
Dewsbury*	4.4	1.3
Doncaster*	7.5	3.5
Halifax*	3.8	0.8
Hemsworth*	12.8	4.7
Hull*	8.1	1.8
Leeds*	5.5	1.4
Mexborough*	9.8	8.2
Scunthorpe*	3.0	4.6
Sheffield*	5.8	1.4
Yeadon*	2.4	0.9
* Travel-to-work area.