§ Mr. Masonasked the Paymaster General what is the average rate of unemployment in each of the intermediate areas and development areas, giving the figures for male and female unemployment.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. The tables show the numbers of unemployed claimants at 8 January 1987, expressed as a percentage of employees in employment plus the unemployed, in the travel-to-work areas of Great Britain which have assisted area status.
A rate is not calculated for the Manchester assisted area since it is only part of the travel-to-work area.
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Development Areas Travel-to-work area Male Female Falmouth 26.2 17.4 Helston 26.4 24.6 Newquay 32.2 23.6 Penzance and St. Ives 29.5 17.9 Redruth and Camborne 25.0 17.8 Corby 21.1 13.8 Rotherham and Mexborough 26.4 16.2
Travel-to-work area Male Female Scunthorpe 20.2 13.9 Whitby 31.8 14.9 Liverpool 26.0 12.3 Widnes and Runcom 22.3 13.0 Wigan and St. Helens 22.5 13.6 Wirral and Chester 22.4 11.6 Workington 18.4 14.8 Bishop Auckland 24.3 13.8 Hartlepool 29.5 13.6 Middlesbrough 28.3 13.0 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 23.2 11.4 South Tyneside 32.7 16.0 Stockton-on-Tees 22.7 12.6 Sunderland 27.2 13.5 Aberdare 27.3 12.7 Blaenau Gwent and Abergavenny 24.0 13.3 Cardigan 26.0 26.5 Holyhead 25.6 19.4 Lampeter and Aberaeron 26.4 22.3 Merthyr and Rhymney 23.1 13.0 Neath and Port Talbot 15.5 11.2 Pontypridd and Rhondda 21.4 10.5 Shotton, Flint and Rhyl 21.2 14.9 South Pembrokeshire 24.8 23.2 Wrexham 21.0 13.1 Arbroath 23.2 18.8 Bathgate 26.7 15.3 Cumnock and Sanquhar 36.7 17.0 Dumbarton 21.9 17.0 Dundee 20.9 11.4 Glasgow 23.0 11.1 Greenock 26.4 14.3 Irvine 31.2 19.0 Kilmarnock 23.3 12.4 Lanarkshire 27.9 15.0
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Intermediate Areas Travel-to-work area Male Female Bodmin and Liskeard 22.2 16.3 Bude 18.2 18.9 Cinderford and Ross-on-Wye 15.3 16.6 Plymouth 16.9 12.6 Birmingham 18.9 11.6 Coventry and Hinckley 16.8 12.1 Dudley and Sandwell 18.7 13.1 Kidderminster 16.3 13.2 Telford and Bridgnorth 22.1 14.9 Walsall 20.2 12.6 Wolverhampton 21.3 13.3 Gainsborough 20.5 13.0 Barnsley 25.3 13.7 Bradford 18.5 10.2 Doncaster 22.8 15.9 Grimsby 19.4 11.1 Hull 21.0 11.8 Sheffield 19.4 11.8 Accrington and Rossendale 16.1 10.7 Blackburn 18.2 10.2 Bolton and Bury 19.5 11.5 Oldham 17.5 10.5 Rochdale 20.2 12.4 Darlington 16.7 10.9 Durham 17.4 9.2 Morpeth and Ashington 23.6 12.0 Bangor and Caernarfon 22.1 13.0 Bridgend 20.3 11.0 Cardiff 18.2 8.6 Fishguard 22.5 23.1 Haverfordwest 23.2 11.9 Llanelli 19.2 16.2 Newport 18.6 11.3 Pontypool and Cwmbran 17.7 12.1 Porthmadoc and Ffestiniog 20.6 17.1 Pwllheli 27.2 17.1 Swansea 19.3 9.3
Travel-to-work area Male Female Alloa 22.2 14.7 Ayr 19.3 10.2 Badenoch 22.9 16.7 Campbeltown 24.2 14.0 Dunfermline 20.1 14.3 Dunoon and Bute 24.7 16.5 Falkirk 19.7 12.9 Forres 28.3 26.1 Girvan 31.5 19.5 Invergordon and Dingwall 22.4 21.4 Kirkcaldy 22.5 12.5 Lochaber 24.9 21.5 Newton Stewart 24.1 20.4 Skye and Wester Ross 26.7 24.9 Stewartry 15.0 13.8 Stranraer 19.5 16.9 Sutherland 26.7 20.6 Western Isles 32.6 13.5 Wick 27.1 9.0 74W
Travel-to-work area Unemployed claimants Jobcentres Vacancies Careers Offices Vacancies Development Areas Falmouth 2,322 Falmouth 148 Falmouth 4 Helston 1,666 Helston 63 Helston 8 Newquay 2,847 Newquay 133 Newquay 0 Penzance and St. Ives 4,216 Penzance St. Ives 214 Penwith area 0 Redruth and 4,749 Camborne 322 Camborne 4 Camborne Hayle Redruth Corby 4,213 Corby 325 Corby 19 Rotherham and 23,655 Dinnington 336 Rotherham 7 Mexborough Goldthorpe Maltby Mexborough Rotherham Scunthorpe 9,233 Barton on Humber 398 Scunthorpe 11 Scunthorpe Brigg Whitby 1,529 Whitby 28 Liverpool 102,926 Allerton 2,470 Bootle 38 Belle Vale Crosby Bootle Halewood Crosby Kirkby Everton Liverpool Garston Ormskirk Kirkby Huyton Liverpool (Leece St) Prescot Liverpool (Lord St) West Lanes Williamson Sq Southport Old Swan Norris Green Ormskirk Prescot Huyton Halewood Skelmersdale Southport Toxteth Walton Vale Widness and 11,295 Runcorn 307 Halton (Runcorn) 10 Runcorn Widnes Halton (Widnes)
§ Mr. Masonasked the Paymaster General what is the number of unemployed per vacancy in each of the intermediate and development areas in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is available in the Library. The table shows the number of unemployed claimants on 8 January 1987 in each travel-to-work area which has intermediate or development area status, together with the jobcentres and careers offices which cover areas most nearly corresponding to the travel-to-work areas, and the numbers of unfilled vacancies at jobcentres on 9 January 1987 and at careers offices on 8 January 1987. Figures for vacancies at jobcentres and careers offices cannot be added together because some vacancies are notified to both offices. Because of the differences in the areas covered by the unemployment and vacancy figures, accurate ratios of unemployed to vacancies cannot be calculated.
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Travel-to-work area Unemployed claimants Jobcentres Vacancies Careers Offices Vacancies Wigan and St. 34,984 Ashton in 1,122 Leigh 9 Helens Makerfield Newton-le-willows Atherton St. Helens Hindley Wigan Goldborne Leigh Newton-le-willows St. Helens Wigan Wirral and Chester 38,478 Bebington 1,343 Bebington 52 Upton Birkenhead Birkenhead Chester Chester Ellesmere Port Ellesmere Port Wallasey Hoylake Moreton Neston Wallasey Workington 4,336 Aspatria 178 Workington 3 Cockermouth Maryport Workington Bishop Auckland 8,529 Bishop Auckland 466 Bishop Auckland 5 Shildon Crook Crook Newton Ayclife Newton Aycliffe Hartlepool 9,944 Hartlepool 225 Hartlepool 5 Middlesborough 29,248 Eston 726 Eston 17 Guisborough Guisborough Loftus Middlesborough Middlesborough Recar Redcar Saltbum Newcastle-upon- 65,651 Blaydon on Tyne 3,910 Blaydon on Tyne 83 Tyne Consett Consett Cramlington Gateshead Felling Newcastle-upon- Gateshead Tyne Newburn North Shields Nelson Street Stanley Plummer House Wallsend Newcastle North Shields Prudhoe Lanchester Stanley Shields Road Wallsend West Moor Whitley Bay South Tyneside 15,721 East Boldon 123 Hebburn 32 Jarrow and Hebburn South Shields South Shields Stockton-on-Tees 14,597 Billingham 512 Billingham 8 Stockton Stockton-on-Tees Thornaby Yarm Sunderland 37,171 Birtley 1,377 Chester-le-Street 34 Chester-le-Street Houghton-le-Spring Houghton-le-Spring Easington Peterlee Washington Seaham Sunderland South wick Sunderland Washington Aberdare 3,950 Aberdare 118 Aberdare 4 Mountain Ash
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Travel-to-work area Unemployed claimants Jobcentres Vacancies Careers Offices Vacancies Blaenau Gwent and 6,927 Abergavenny 379 Abertillery 0 Abergavenny Abertillery Brynmawr Ebbw Vale Tredegar Cardigan 1,684 Cardigan 73 Llandyssul Holyhead 4,046 Amlwch 95 Holyhead 0 Holyhead Llangefni Lampeter and Aberaeron 1,193 Lampeter 29 Merthyr and 10,104 Bargoed 391 Blackwood 1 Rhymney Blackwood Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Tydfil Newbridge Pontlottyn Treharris Ystrad Mynach Neath and Port 7,066 Cymmer 524 Neath1 0 Talbot Neath Port Talbot1 Port Talbot Pyle Resolven Pontypridd and 10,841 Ferndale 556 Pontypridd 0 Rhondda Llantrissant Tonypandy Pontypridd Tonypandy Porth Tonytrefail Treorchy Shotton, Flint and 12,790 Flint 767 Flint 17 Rhyl Holywell Mold Mold Rhyl Buckley Shotton Shotton South 3,370 Pembroke Dock 51 Pembroke 1 Pembrokeshire Tenby Wrexham 8,062 Cefnmawr 368 Wrexham 3 Llangollen Acrefair Rhosllanerchrugog Wrexham Arbroath 2,015 Arbroath 99 Arbroath 0 Bathgate 10,445 Bathgate 470 Bathgate 6 Broxburn Livingston Livingston West Calder Cumnock and 4,864 Cumnock 195 Cumnock 0 Sanquhar Sanquhar Dumbarton 5,824 Alexandria 300 Alexandria 1 Dumbarton Dumbarton Helensburgh Dundee 16,395 Dundee 419 Dundee 6
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Travel-to-work area Unemployed claimants Jobcentres Vacancies Careers Offices Vacancies Glasgow 116,602 Barrhead 3,465 Barrhead 27 Glasgow Central Eastwood Glasgow City Glasgow City Trongate Cambuslang Cambuslang Clydebank Clydebank Cumbernauld Cumbernauld East Kilbride East Kilbride Govan Easterhouse Johnstone Govan Kirkintilloch Kinning Park Paisley Central Hillington Parkhead Johnstone Partick Kilsyth Renfrew Kirkintilloch Glasgow, S/side Maryhill Springburn Paisley Linwood Parkhead Glasgow West Renfrew Rutherglen Shawlands Springburn Greenock 10,364 Greenock 227 Greenock 2 Greenock Dalrymple St. Port Glasgow Port Glasgow Irvine 12,457 Irvine 698 Irvine 2 Kilbirnie Ardrossan Kilwinning Largs Saltcoats Kilmarnock 5,823 Kilmarnock 36 Kilmarnock 0 Newmilns Lanarkshire 35,089 Airdrie 965 Bellshill 15 Bellshill Coatbridge Blantyre Hamilton Carluke Lanark Coatbridge Larkhall Hamilton Motherwell Lanark Wishaw Larkhall Lesmahagow Motherwell Shotts Uddington Wishaw Intermediate Areas Bodmin and 3,872 Bodmin 228 Bodmin 1 Liskeard Camelford Liskeard Liskeard Looe Wadebridge Bude 1,061 Bude 40 Cinderford and 4,149 Cinderford 132 Cinderford 18 Ross-on-Wye Coleford Ross-on-Wye Lydney Ross-on-Wye Plymouth 18,644 Devonport Plymouth Plympton 880 Plymouth 15 Saltash Tavistock
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Travel-to-work area Unemployed claimants Jobcentres Vacancies Careers Offices Vacancies Birmingham 120,599 Aldridge 5,640 Aldridge 590 Aston Aston Birmingham Perry Bar Bromsgrove Birmingham Chelmsley Wood Bromsgrove Erdington Chelmsley Wood Handsworth Handsworth Kings Heath Lichfield Lichfield Redditch Northfield Harborne Redditch Selly Oak Selly Oak Hall Green Small Heath Yardley Solihull Solihull Sparkhill Sparkbrook Sutton Coldfield Sutton Coldfield Tamworth Tamworth Washwood Heath Stetchford Coventry and Hinckley 36,308 Bedworth 1,732 Bedworth 51 Coventry Coventry Nuneaton Atherstone Hinckley Nuneaton Hinckley Dudley and Sandwell 45,401 Cradley Heath 1,669 Cradley Heath 46 Dudley Dudley Sedgley Oldbury Halesowen Smethwick Kingswinford Tipton Oldsbury West Bromwich Smethwick Stourbridge Tipton Darlaston Wednesday West Bromwich Kidderminster 5,487 Kidderminster 277 Kidderminster 15 Stourport Stourport Telford and Bridgnorth 11,795 Bridgnorth 548 Bridgnorth 22 Madeley Madeley Oakengate Telford Telford Wellington Walsall 25,997 Brownhills 710 Brownhills 26 Burntwood Cannock Cannock Walsall Walsall Willenhall Willenhall Wolverhampton 25,293 Bilston 440 Wolverhampton 54 Wednesfield Wolverhampton Wolverhampton (Fringe) Gainsborough 2,175 Gainsborough 57 Gainsborough 1 Barnsley 16,221 Barnsley 336 Barnsley 7 Royston Hoyland Wombwell Bradford 30,858 Bingley 1,462 Bradford 98 Bradford Shipley Spen Valley Bramley Pudsey Doncaster 21,121 Askern 369 Doncaster 17 Doncaster Thorne
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Travel-to-work area Unemployed claimants Jobcentres Vacancies Careers Offices Vacancies Grimsby 12,836 Grimsby 287 Grimsby 19 Immingham Hull 31,393 Beverley 796 Beverley 11 Hessle Hull Hull Hull(East Riding) Bransholme Sheffield 47,488 Dronfield 783 Sheffield 38 Chapeltown Firth Park Sheffield Ind. Sheffield Woodhouse Accrington and Rossendale 6,214 Accrington 555 Hyndburn 18 Bacup Rossendale Great Harwood Haslingden Rawtenstall Blackburn 9,648 Blackburn 874 Blackburn 34 Darwen Darwen Bolton and Bury 28,134 Bolton 1,457 Bolton 35 Bury Bury Ramsbottom Farnworth Horwich Radcliffe Westhoughton Worsley Manchester2 66,000 Beswick 3,450 Openshaw 105 Levenshulme Longsight Manchester Manchester Middleton Middleton Moss side Moss Side Newton Heath North Manchester Prestwich Salford Salford Ashton-Under-Lyne Swinton Hyde Ashton-Under-Lyne Denton Droylsden Hyde Stalybridge Oldham 11,976 Failsworth 448 Oldham 13 Oldham Royton Shaw Rochdale 10,481 Heywood 463 Heywood 15 Littleborough Rochdale Rochdale Darlington 6,980 Barnard Castle 362 Darlington 15 Darlington Durham 8,951 Durham 513 Durham 10 Spennymoor Spennymoor Wingate Morpeth and Ashington 8,970 Ashington 352 Ashington 6 Bedlington Blyth Blyth Morpeth Bangor and Caenarfon 5,098 Bangor 327 Bangor 0 Bethesdo Caenarfon Beaumaris Caemarfon Penygroes
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Travel-to-work area Unemployed claimants Jobcentres Vacancies Careers Offices Vacancies Bridgend 8,873 Bridgend 345 Bridgend 46 Llantwit Major Maesteg Porthcawl Cardiff 28,322 Barry 1,354 Barry 90 Caerphilly Caerphilly Cardiff Cardiff Penarth Fishguard 741 Fishguard 2 Haverfordwest 3,912 Haverfordwest 172 Haverfordwest 5 Milford Haven Llanelli 5,920 Amanford 722 Ammanford 2 Garnant Llanelli Kidwelly Burry Port Llanelli Tumble Newport 12,854 Chepstow 492 Newport 23 Caldicote Cross Keys Newport Risca Pontypool and Cwmbran 5,869 Blaenavon 403 Pontypool 0 Cwmbran Usk Pontypool Porthmadoc and Ffestiniog 1,192 Blaenaue-Ffistiniog 38 Porthmadoc Pwllheli 1,273 Pwllheli 66 Pwllheli 0 Swansea 16,729 Gorseinon 928 Gorseinon 3 Morriston Morriston Pontardawe Swansea Swansea District1 Swansea Grove House Ystradgynlais Alloa 3,712 Alloa 94 Alloa 3 Ayr 7,421 Ayr 364 Ayr 1 Dalmellington Troon Badenoch3 751 Inverness 334 Inverness 5 Nairn Carapbeltown 860 Campbeltown 11 Campbeltown 2 Dunfermline 9,003 Cowdenbeath 227 Cowdenbeath 7 Dunfermline Dunfermline Dunoon and Bute 1,636 Dunoon 86 Dunoon 1 Lochgilphead Rothesay Falkirk 11,551 Bo'ness 326 Falkirk 3 Linlithgow Grangemouth Denny Falkirk Grangemouth Forres 816 Forres 25 Girvan 980 Girvan 29 Invergordon and Dingwall 3,240 Dingwall 247 Dingwall 1 Invergordon
Travel-to-work area Unemployed claimants Jobcentres Vacancies Careers Offices Vacancies Kirkcaldy 11,994 Glenrothes 458 Glenrothes 8 Burntisland Kirkcaldy Kirkcaldy Leven Leven Lochaber 1,868 Fort William 62 Fort William 4 Newton Stewart 761 Newton Stewart 9 Skye and Wester Ross 1,235 Portree 52 Portree 2 Stewartry 1,106 Castle Douglas 19 Castle Douglas 1 Stranraer 1,551 Stranraer 15 Newton Stewart 0 Stranraer Sutherland4 952 Thurso 88 Thurso 0 Wick Wick Western Isles 2,388 Stornoway 55 Stornoway 3 Wick4 864 1 Neath and Port Talbot careers office figures are included in Swansea District careers office. 2 Manchester assisted area does not cover the entire Manchester travel-to-work area. Figures are given for the assisted part only. 3 Inverness and Nairn Jobcentres also cover the Inverness travel-to-work area. 4 The Thurso and Wick Jobcentres cover the Sutherland, Thurso, and Wick travel-to-work areas.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Paymaster General by how many, and by what percentage, the number of jobless people in Leicestershire changed during the latest month for which figures are available; and by how many and what percentage vacancies in the county of Leicestershire and the city of Leicester rose or fell during the same period.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. Between 11 December 1986 and 8 January 1987 the number of unemployed claimants in the county of Leicestershire rose by 996, or 2.6 per cent. Between 5 December 1986 and 9 January 1987 unfilled vacancies excluding community programme vacancies fell by 114, or 4.7 per cent., at jobcentres in the county of Leicestershire, and fell by 122, or 10.8 per cent., in the Leicester jobcentre area, which closely corresponds to city of Leicester local authority district. These changes are affected by seasonal factors.