HC Deb 29 July 1976 vol 916 cc420-1W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many employment exchange areas there are in Great Britain; and if he will list the 25 with the highest rate of unemployment and the 25 with the lowest rate of unemployment.

Mr. Golding

There are 430 employment office or travel-to-work areas in Great Britain for which separate rates of unemployment are calculated. The following table shows the areas with the highest, and lowest, rates of unemployment at 10th June:

Highest
Sanquhar 17.1
Lesmahagow 16.6
Stornoway 14.5
Helston 14.1
Cardigan 13.1
Ormskirk 12.7
Bargoed 12.7
Holyhead 12.5
Redruth 12.2
Lampeter 12.0
Penzance 11.9
Campbeltown 11.8
Sunderland 11.7
Blyth 11.6
Hemsworth 11.5
Stranraer 11.4
Dinnington 11.2
Monmouth 11.2
Rhyl 11.2
Peterlee 11.2
Blaenauffestiniog 11.1
Liverpool 10.9
St. Ives 10.9
Market Drayton 10.9
Cumbernauld 10.9

Lowest
Hertford 2.0
Belper 2.1
Crawley 2.3
Coalville 2.3
Yeadon 2.3
Dorking 2.3
Winchester 2.4
St. Albans 2.5
Aberdeen 2.5
Clitheroe 2.5
Kendal 2.5
High Wycombe 2.6
Market Harborough 2.6
Saffron Walden 2.7
Rushden 2.7
Peebles 2.7
Cambridge 2.8
Driffield 2.8
Carmarthen 2.8
Aylesbury 2.9
Guildford 2.9
Slough 2.9
Skipton 2.9
Watford 2.9
Buckingham 3.0
Matlock 3.0

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