HC Deb 22 July 1980 vol 989 cc675-6W
Mr. Hardy

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons under 20 years of age are currently unemployed within each employment exchange area in South Yorkshire; and what were the numbers in each area 12 months earlier.

Mr. Jim Lester

[pursuant to his reply, 23 July 1980, c. 1 73]: The following table gives the numbers of unemployed people under 20 years of age registered in each employment office area within the South Yorkshire metropolitan county.

July 1979 July 1980*
Barnsley 2,011 2,974
Chapeltown 44 51
Dinnington 80 87
Doncaster 3,465 4,363
Firth Park 73 93
Goldthorpe 107 107
Hoyland 33 55
Maltby 59 94
Mexborough 184 258
Rotherham 2,507 3,287
Sheffield 5,151 6,913
Thome 142 186
Wombwell 74 101
Woodhouse 71 116
* Provisional.