§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Minister of Labour if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list of employment exchange areas in the Yorkshire and Humberside Region showing which had a percentage of unemployment above the national average, and which had a percentage below the national average, in October, 1967, giving the percentage in each case.
§ Mr. FernyhoughThere are in Yorkshire and Humberside Region 56 Employment Exchanges or travel-to-work 133W areas (comprising two or more Employment Exchange areas) for which percent age rates of employment can be calculated.
Following is the information for 9th October. 1967:
Employment Exchange or travel-to-work area Percentage rate of unemployment Thorne 8.6 Filey 6.9 Hemsworth* 6.0 Bridlington 5.6 Skegness* 5.5 Maltby 4.7 Mexborough* 4.3 Dinnington 4.2 Stocksbridge 4.2 Rotherham 3.6 Barnsley* 3.2 Normanton 3.2 Hull* 3.1 Chapeltown 3.0 Goole 3.0 Pontefract 2.9 Doncaster 2.8 Batley 2.7 Bradford* 2.7 Grimsby 2.5 Great Britain 2.4 Askern 2.3 Castleford 2.2 Gainsborough 2.2 Keighley 2.2 Todmorden 2.2 Scunthorpe 2.1 Sheffield* 2.1 Dewsbury 2.0 Leeds* 1.9 Skipton 1.8 York 1.7 Barton-on-Humber 1.6 Harrowgate 1.6 Horncastle 1.6 Louth 1.6 Barnoldswick 1.5 Wetherby 1.5 Otley 1.4 Ripon 1.4 Selby 1.4 Wakefield 1.4 Beverley 1.3 Hudderseld 1.3 Morley 1.3 Driffield 1.2 Halifax 1.2 Spen Valley 1.2 Brighouse 1.1 Tadcaster 1.0 Knottingley 0.8 Pocklington 0.8 Guisley 0.7 Hebden Bridge 0.6 Sowerby Bridge 0.6 Rothwell 0.5 Elland 0.4 *Travel-to-work area