Special Development Areas

HC Deb 26 February 1971 vol 812 cc258-61W

Mr. Shore

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the seasonally adjusted rate of unemployment and what was the total of the wholly unemployed, at the latest convenient date and 12 months earlier, in each of the employment exchange areas listed in his announcement of 18th February that are now to be treated either as special development areas or intermediate areas.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Seasonally adjusted rates of unemployment are not calculated for local areas.

NUMBERS REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED AND PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT
						Wholly unemployed	Percentage rates
						February, 1971 (provisional)	February, 1970	February, 1970
SCOTLAND
Dumbarton	…	…	…	…	…	698	449[...]	4.2
Alexandria	…	…	…	…	…	927	486
Helensburgh	…	…	…	…	…	248	220[...]
Greenock	…	…	…	…	…	2,568	1,989	6.7
Port Glasgow	…	…	…	…	…	930	727[...]
Irvine	…	…	…	…	…	539	311[...]	5.0
Dalry	…	…	…	…	…	85	53[...]
Kilwinning	…	…	…	…	…	160	86
Saltcoats	…	…	…	…	…	1,485	1,143[...]
Paisley	…	…	…	…	…	2,404	1,682[...]	3.0
Johnstone	…	…	…	…	…	744	536
Renfrew	…	…	…	…	…	361	189[...]
Glasgow Professional and Executive Employment Office	…	…	…	…	…	588	390[...]	4.7
Glasgow South Side	…	…	…	…	…	4,282	3,485[...]
Barrhead	…	…	…	…	…	1,011	748[...]
Bridgeton	…	…	…	…	…	3,036	2,595[...]
Cambuslang	…	…	…	…	…	386	333[...]
Clydebank	…	…	…	…	…	2,561	1,621[...]
Govan	…	…	…	…	…	2,360	1,830[...]
Hillington	…	…	…	…	…	257	125
Kinning Park	…	…	…	…	…	1,067	1,057[...]
Kirkingtilloch	…	…	…	…	…	487	377[...]
Maryhill	…	…	…	…	…	3,653	2,824[...]
Parkhead	…	…	…	…	…	6,133	4,427[...]
Partick	…	…	…	…	…	2,425	1,880[...]
Rutherglen	…	…	…	…	…	1,087	855[...]
Springburn	…	…	…	…	…	5,580	3,982[...]
Motherwell	…	…	…	…	…	1,098	831[...]	4.9
Airdrie	…	…	…	…	…	1,590	1,143[...]
Bellshill	…	…	…	…	…	786	594[...]
Blantyre	…	…	…	…	…	599	416[...]
Carluke	…	…	…	…	…	183	153[...]
Coatbridge	…	…	…	…	…	1,951	1,413
East Kilbride	…	…	…	…	…	688	402[...]
Hamilton	…	…	…	…	…	1,610	1,387[...]
Larkhall	…	…	…	…	…	572	400[...]
Uddingston	…	…	…	…	…	591	468[...]
Wishaw	…	…	…	…	…	1,203	1,002[...]
Kilsyth	…	…	…	…	…	304	254	9.6
Cumbernauld	…	…	…	…	…	546	327	3.8

The table below shows the numbers registered as wholly unemployed at 8th February, 1971 and 9th February, 1970, in each of the employment exchange areas within the new special development areas and intermediate areas. Percentage rates of unemployment, not seasonally adjusted, are shown for February, 1970. Some of the rates for February, 1971, have been calculated, and the remainder will be ready in a few days. A full list will be sent to the right hon. Member as soon as they are all available.

Following is the table:

				Wholly unemployed	Percentage rates
				February, 1971 (provisional)	February, 1970	February, 1970
Special Development Areas announced on 18th February, 1970
NORTHERN REGION
Hartlepool	…	…	…	2,517	1,944[...]
Hartlepool Headland	…	…	…	331	293	5.7
Peterlee	…	…	…	1,225	1,020[...]
Wingate	…	…	…	646	665	6.5
Blaydon	…	…	…	913	912[...]
East Boldon	…	…	…	304	370[...]
Elswick	…	…	…	1,825	1,872
Felling	…	…	…	767	847[...]
Gateshead	…	…	…	2,342	2,142[...]
Jarrow and Hebburn	…	…	…	1,843	1,269[...]
Newburn	…	…	…	422	472[...]
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	…	…	…	4,864	4,691	5.5
North Shields	…	…	…	1,533	1,367[...]
Prudhoe	…	…	…	258	284[...]	[...]
South Shields	…	…	…	3,333	3,296[...]
Walker	…	…	…	1,101	1,144[...]
Wallsend	…	…	…	1,222	1,230[...]
West Moor	…	…	…	699	722[...]
Whitley Bay	…	…	…	868	874[...]
Sunderland	…	…	…	3,407	2,985[...]
Pallion	…	…	…	1,537	1,439[...]
Seaham	…	…	…	518	552	6.0
Southwick	…	…	…	1,408	1,326[...]
Washington	…	…	…	571	632[...]
WALES
Aberdare	…	…	…	697	563[...]
Mountain Ash	…	…	…	299	323	4.3
Merthyr Tydfil	…	…	…	835	882[...]
Dowlais	…	…	…	201	199	5.3
Treharris	…	…	…	164	165[...]
Pontypridd	…	…	…	848	908[...]
Pontyclun	…	…	…	127	129	5.3*
Tonyrefail	…	…	…	329	372[...]
Intermediate Areas announced on 18th February, 1971
Okehampton	…	…	…	245	249	7.1
Tavistock	…	…	…	217	234	5.8
Oswestry	…	…	…	632	676	5.5
Bridlington	…	…	…	804	790	9.5
Filey	…	…	…	257	266	9.5
Edinburgh	…	…	…	5,444	4,177[...]
Portobello	…	…	…	987	731	3.5†
* The rate for Pontypridd, Pontyclun and Tonyrefail relates to a travel-to-work area which in addition to these places includes Ferndale, Tonypandy and Treorchy which were on the original list of special development areas.
†The rate for Edinburgh and Portobello is for the Edinburgh travel-to-work area. This includes Edinburgh and Portobello, which were made intermediate areas on 18th February, Leith which was already an intermediate area and Dalkeith and Loanhead, which are outside the intermediate areas but within the Scottish development area.
Note: Percentage rates of unemployment can be calculated for the whole of a travel-to-work area but not separately for its constituent parts. The rates shown in the reply are based on the total numbers registered as unemployed.