§ 86. Mr. Varleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will identify in the OFFICIAL REPORT those employment exchange areas in Great Britain which have percentage unemployment rates at the latest date higher than the current average for the new intermediate areas announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 18th February, 1971.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithA rate of unemployment cannot be calculated for the new intermediate areas alone as they include only the Edinburgh and Portobello parts of the Edinburgh travel-to-work area. At 5th April the rate for the new intermediate areas plus the remainder of the Edinburgh travel-to-work area was 5 per cent. The following is a list of areas whose rates at that date exceeded this figure.
220WEmployment Exchange or travel to work areas with rates of unemployment of 5.1 percent or more at 5th April, 1971:
London and South Eastern
- Deal
- Folkestone*
- Margate
- Ramsgate
- Sheerness
- Sittingbourne*
Eastern and Southern
- Cromer
- Dereham
- Diss
- Fakenham
- Great Yarmouth
- Harleston
- Hunstanton
- Kings Lynn
- Swaffham
- Clacton-on-Sea
- Wisbech
- Southwold
South Western
- Bude
- Camelford
- Falmouth
- Helston
- Liskeard*
- Newquay*
- Penzance
- Redruth*
- St. Ives
- St. Mary's
- Wadebridge
- Ashburton
- Dartmouth
- Honiton
- Ilfracombe
- Kingsbridge
- Okehampton
- Tavistock
- Axminister*
- Torbay*
Midlands
- Bridgnorth
- Market Drayton
- Oswestry
- Grantham
- Lincoln
- Alfreton
- Ilkeston
- Chesterfield*
- Kidderminster*
- Heanor
Yorks and Humberside
221W
- Loyth
- Mabiethorpe
- Skegness
- Bridlington
- Goole
- Hemsworth*
- Maltby
- Mexborough*
- Filey
- Dinnington
- Barnsley*
- Hull*
North Western
- Rochdale
- Blackpool*
- Lancaster*
- Liverpool*
Northern
- Millom
- Alnwick
- Amble
- Ashington
- Bedlington
- Rhyl
- Seaton Delaval
- Scarborough
- Whitby
- Barnard Castle*
- Hartlepools*
- Chester-le-Street*
- Consett*
- Bishop Auckland*
- Peterlee*
- Tyneside*
- Sunderland*
- Whitehaven*
- Workington*
Wales Monmouth Ebbw Vale* Fishguard Holyhead* Haverfordwest Lampeter* Milford Haven Llandudno* Cardigan Merthyr Tydfil* Rhyl Pontypool* Blaenau Ffestiniog Pontypridd* Pembroke Dock Pwllheli* Bargoed* Tenby* Barmouth* Wrexham* Caernarvon* Ystalyfera*
Scotland Cumnock Thurso Girvan Wick Largs Anstruther Sanquhar Fort William Newton Stewart Inverness Stranraer Portree Rothesay Forres* Nairn Stornoway Kirkwall Dingwall* Lerwick Kilsyth Fraserburgh Cumbernauld Huntly Lanark Peterhead Lesmahagow Turriff Shotts Arbroath* Bathgate* Brechin Dumbarton* Dundee* Dunfermline* Montrose Falkirk* Campbeltown Glasgow* Lochgilphead Greenock* Oban Irvine* Banff Kilmarnock* Buckie Kirkcaldy* Keith North Lanarkshire* Eyemouth Paisley* * Travel-to-work area. Rates of unemployment can be calculated for the whole of a travel-to-work area but not separately for its constituent parts.