§ Mr. Swainasked the Minister of Technology if he is aware that there is a 9 per cent. rate of unemployment in the southern end of North-East Derbyshire including the urban district of Clay Cross and the south end of Chesterfield Rural District Council; and what steps he intends to take to relieve the situation.
§ Mr. RidleyClay Cross is in the Chesterfield Group of employment exchange areas where the rate of unemployment in June was 4.1 per cent. Because of the close travel-to-work links which Clay Cross has with Chesterfield, it112W is misleading to quote a separate rate for Clay Cross alone. The Ministry of Technology will continue to look sympathetically at applications for industrial development certificates in the Clay Cross area.