§ Mr. Hicksasked the Secretary of State for Employment, for each United Kingdom special development area, development area and intermediate area, and for
NUMBERS UNEMPLOYED January 1970 July 1977 January 1978 Special Development Areas Merseyside 31,147 93,997 87,374 North East 46,669 85,273 83,182 West Cumberland 3,397 5,647 5,145 North West Wales 3,464 5,492 6,208 South Wales 11,550 21,962 19,841 Dundee and Arbroath 3,854 10,337 9,888 Girvan 318 549 561 Glenrothes 631 1,690 1,641 Leven and Methil 1,253 2,062 1,893 Livingston 162 1,484 1,903 West Central Scotland 47,524 104,213 105,458 Development Areas South Western, 8,121 15,401 20,082 Hull and Grimsby 9,819 22,607 21,937 Whitby and Scarborough 2,097 1,869 2,898 Merseyside 31,147 93 997 87,374 Northern 64,654 126,863 123,317 Welsh 36,475 79,964 80,155 Scottish 89,490 189,991 198,452 Intermediate Areas South Western, 4,354 11,973 10,974 Oswestry 651 1,220 1,076 High Peak 729 1,719 1,511 North Lincolnshire 1,897 2,618 3,741 North Midlands 6,934 10,332 9,741 Yorkshire and Humberside 51,077 110,456 102,811 North West 45,940 141,681 130,151 North Wales 2,064 3,602 4,738 South East Wales 3,252 8,422 8,219 Aberdeen 3,573 4,280 5,177 United Kingdom 649,252 1,622,359 1,548,544