§ Mr. Nottasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the latest monthly unemployment figures expressed as a percentage of the working population for each of the employment areas in Cornwall, together with comparable figures for each of the additional special development areas and intermediate areas announced on 18th February.
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§ Mr. Dudley SmithI have been asked to reply.
The most recent count of the numbers registered as unemployed was made on 8th February. It has been possible to calculate unemployment rates in respect of this date for some but now all of the areas requested in the time available. The table below therefore gives the January rates for all areas. I will send my hon. Friend the February figures as soon as they are available:
Percentage rates of unemployment in Cornwall and for the additional Special Development Areas and Intermediate Areas at 11th January, 1971 Cornwall Bodmin 3.8 Bude 7.7 Redruth and Camborne* 5.6 Camelford 13.8 Falmouth 7.0 Helston 11.0 Launceston 3.8 Liskeard and Looe* 10.7 Newquay and Perranporth* 8.7 Penzance 8.1 St. Austell 3.7 St. Ives 18.5 St. Mary's 9.1 Truro 3.5 Wadebridge 10.0 Additional Intermediate Areas Okehampton 6.2 Tavistock 5.5 Oswestry 5.3 Bridlington 10.1 Filey 8.9 Edinburgh, Portobello, etc.* 4.3 Additional Special Development Areas Hartlepool and Hartlepool Headland* 6.9 Peterlee and Wingate* 7.1 Tyneside* 5.6 Wearside* 6.4 Aberdare and Mountain Ash* 4.5 Merthyr Tydfil, Dowlais and Treharris* 5.2 Pontypridd, Pontyclun, Tonyrefail, etc.* 5.1 Dumbarton, Alexandria and Helensburgh* 7.1 Glasgow group* 6.2 Greenock and Port Glasgow* 8.0 Irvine, Dalry, Kilwinning and Saltcoats* 6.5 North Lanarkshire* 6.5 Paisley, Johnstone and Renfrew* 3.9 Kilsyth 10.8 Cumbernauld 5.7 * Travel-to-work areas. Rates can be calculated for the whole of a travel-to-work area but not separately for its constituent parts.