§ 15. Mr. Brooksasked the President of the Board of Trade what proportion of total employees within the Merseyside development area reside outside the area; and how many residents within the area daily travel to work outside it.
§ Mr. DarlingThis information is not available on the precise basis for which the hon. Member has asked. On the basis of the 1961 Census returns it is estimated that, in the local authority areas most closely corresponding to the Merseyside development area, some 5–6 per cent. of those working in the area were resident outside the area and that something over 30,000 persons were resident in the area but working elsewhere in England and Wales.