HC Deb 27 July 1976 vol 916 c156W
Mr. Clegg

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest percentage rate of male unemployment in the area of the Lancashire County Council lying north of the River Ribble.

Mr. Golding

In the Lancaster, Preston and Clitheroe travel-to-work areas, which correspond most closely with the area specified, the provisional rate of male unemployment at 8th July was 6.8 per cent.