§ Mr. Lomasasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity to what extent the area covered by the local office of her Department is being used as the basis for allocating grants under the Hunt Committee's recommendations, as amended by the Government's proposals; and if she will indicate the total number of local offices in the West Riding of Yorkshire, showing the number of people in each catchment area.
§ Mr. FernyhoughAs announced on 25th June by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs in his further statement on the Report of the Hunt Committee, the boundaries of my Department's employment exchanges are to be used to define the areas eligible for the various forms of Government assistance. The 55 employment exchange areas in the following list are wholly or mainly in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Population figures are not available for employment exchanges or groups of employment exchanges. The figures shown are the latest available estimated numbers of employees for each travel-to-work area.—[Vol. 785, c. 1506, et seq.]
Following is the information:
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WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE Employment Exchange or Group of Employment Exchanges Estimated number of employees (mid-1968) Barnsley Group *Barnsley 70,600 *Hoyland *Royston *Wombwell Bradford Group Bradford 165,300 Shipley Castleford Group *Castleford 57,000 *Knottingley *Normanton *Pontefract Dewsbury Group Dewsbury 69,700 Batley Spen Valley Doncaster Group *Doncaster 99,300 *Askern *Thorne
Employment Exchange or Group of Employment Exchanges Estimated number of employees (mid-1968) Halifax Group Halifax 65,800 Elland Sowerby Bridge Hemsworth Group *Hemsworth 12,700 *South Kirkby Leeds Group Leeds 297,300 Horsforth Seacroft Stanningley Morley Rothwell Mexborough Group *Mexborough 31,600 *Goldthorpe Sheffield Group Sheffield 275,300 Attercliffe Woodhouse Chapeltown *Barnoldswick 9,300 Brighouse 12,500 *Dinnington 5,100 *Goole 11,600 Guiseley 11,600 Harrogate 27,000 Hebden Bridge 5,200 Huddersfield 95,000 Keighley 29,000 *Maltby 8,100 Otley 11,500 Ripon 5,500 *Rotherham 56,400 Saddleworth 5,200 Selby 8,100 Skipton 14,800 Stocksbridge 10,400 Tadcaster 5,100 *Todmorden 6,000 *Wakefield 49,500 Wetherby 5,300 York 70,000 Notes: (i) In all the Employment Exchange areas listed above schemes certified by the Board of Trade as contributing to the development of industry in the area will be eligible for a capital grant of 75 per cent of cost for derelict land clearance. (ii) Employment Exchanges marked * are to be included in the Intermediate Areas.