§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she 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 January, 1969, giving the percentage in each case.
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§ Mr. FernyhoughFollowing is the information:
Percentage rates of unemployment at 13th January 1969 for Employment Exchanges or travel-to-work areas in the Yorkshire and Humberside region. percent. Filey 9.6 Bridlington 9.5 Hemsworth and South Kirkby 8.9 Skegness 7.6 Mablethorpe 7.1 Maltby 6.7 Mexborough and Goldthorpe 6.0 Dinnington 5.4 Barnsley, Hoyland, Royston and Wombwell 4.6 Doncaster, Askern and Thorne 4.6 Goole 4.5 Rotherham 4.4 Gainsborough 4.2 Castleford, Knottingley, Normanton and Pontefract 4.1 Hull, Beverley and Hessle 3.7 Louth 3.4 Ripon 3.3 Grimsby 3.1 Stockbridge 2.7 Great Britain 2.6 Horncastle 2.6 Wetherby 2.6 Sheffield, Attercliffe, Chapeltown and Woodhouse 2.5 Driffield 2.5 Selby 2.4 Leeds, Horsforth, Morley, Rothwell, Seacroft and Stanningley 2.4 Harrogate 2.3 Scunthorpe and Barton-on-Humber 2.3 Wakefield 2.3 Bradford and Shipley 2.2 Dewsbury, Batley and Spen Valley 2.2 York 2.1 Keighley 2.0 Pocklington 1.8 Skipton 1.8 Otley 1.6 Tadcaster 1.5 Todmorden 1.4 Barnoldswick 1.2 Brighouse 1.0 Huddersfield 1.0 Halifax, Elland and Sowerby Bridge 1.0 Guiseley 0.8 Hebden Bridge 0.6