§ Mr. Fatchettasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide the reasons for reducing the number of travel-to-work areas in west Yorkshire from nine to seven; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe travel-to-work area boundaries have been revised to reflect the most recent country-wide data on travel-to-work patterns provided by the 1981 census of population. The methods used in this review are described in the supplement to the September 1984 edition ofEmployment Gazette, a copy of which is in the Library. The data used for the review show that some of the nine travel-to-work areas previously identified in west Yorkshire were no longer sufficiently self contained to qualify as travel-to-work areas.