§ Mr. Gowasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the percentage of unemployment in each of the maritime boroughs in England at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonUnemployment rates are calculated for employment office areas either singly or grouped to form travel-to-work areas. In the following table, these are given for areas which include parts of the coastline of England. The information is for 11 December 1980.
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Per cent. South-East Brighton* 8.5 Canterbury* 8.1 Chatham* 10.2 Chelmsford* 5.1 Chichester* 6.9 Eastbourne* 6.5 Folkestone* 10.2 Greater London* 5.9 Hastings* 9.7 Newport (IOW)* 10.0 Portsmouth* 8.5 Ramsgate* 11.2 Southampton* 6.5 Southend* 10.4 Worthing* 6.5 Clacton-on-Sea 12.9 Colchester 6.8 Dover 7.0 Harwich 6.6 Lymington 8.0 Margate 14.6 Sheerness 13.8 East Anglia Ipswich* 6.0 Cromer 11.9 Great Yarmouth 10.7 Halesworth 8.7 Hunstanton 17.0 King Lynn 9.9 Leiston 14.5 Lowestoft 9.4 North Walsham 9.5 South-East Axminster* 12.6 Bounemouth* 8.5 Bridgwater* 9.2 Bristol* 7.6 Exeter* 6.6 Liskeard* 15.4 Plymouth* 11.9 Redruth* 14.3 Swanage* 7.7 Torbay* 12.2 Barnstable 8.3 Bideford 10.7 Bridport 8.6 Bude 14.4 Camelford 16.6 Darmouth 13.0 Dorchester 3.8 Falmouth 20.3 Helston 19.7 Ilfracombe 20.9
Per cent Kingsbridge 12.9 Minehead 8.7 Newquay 16.8 Penzance 15.1 St. Austell 10.0 St. Ives 20.1 Truro 10.3 Wadebridge 14.9 Western-super-Mare 12.1 Weymouth 9.3 East Midlands Boston 7.9 Holbeach 8.4 Louth 8.2 Mablethorpe 17.8 Skegness 14.9 Yorkshire and Humberside Hull* 12.3 Bridlington 14.9 Driffield 4.1 Filey 7.9 Grimsby 11.0 Scarborough 10.6 Whitby 18.3 North-West Birkenhead* 14.7 Blackpool* 10.8 Lancaster* 10.5 Liverpool* 15.4 Southport 12.6 North Alnwick* 12.0 Furndss* 9.5 Morpeth* 11.5 Peterlee* 13.3 Tees-side* 15.3 North Tyneside* 10.4 South Tynside* 14.5 Wearside* 16.1 Whitehaven* 10.7 Workington* 11.4 Berwick 9.1 Carlisle 8.5 Hartlepool 16.5 * Travel-to-work area