§ Mr. Laurance Reedasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will list all the travel-to-work areas in the non-assisted parts of the North-West 210W region and show in each case the percentage increase or decrease in unemployment for the last 12 months;
(2) if he will list the travel-to-work areas in the Merseyside development area, and show in each case the percentage increase or decrease in unemployment for the last twelve months;
(3) if he will list the travel-to-work areas in the North-East Lancashire intermediate area, and show in each case the percentage increase or decrease in unemployment for the last 12 months.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
Percentage increase between January 1971 and January, 1972 in the numbers registered as unemployed in Employment Exchange areas either singly or grouped to form travel-to-work areas. Percentage increase Non-assisted areas in North-West region Ashton-under-Lyne* 75.9 Blackpool* 21.5 Bolton* 172.0 Bury* 37.0 Buxton* 13.8 Crewe* 47.5 Lancaster* 23.4 Leigh* 79.3 Manchester* 64.4 Northwich* 51.3 Oldham and Chadderton* 84.3 Ormskirk* 55.2 Preston* 55.6 Shaw* 145.7 Warrington* 68.3 Wigan* 54.1 Chester 56.3 Clitheroe 63.6 Congleton 14.1 Macclesfield 20.8 Rochdale 118.4 Southport 20.2 Merseyside Development Area Liverpool* 46.1 Widnes* 75.9 St. Helens 51.8 North-East Lancashire Intermediate Area Accrington* 108.0 Blackburn* 103.6 Burnley* 74.2 Nelson* 34.5 Rawtenstall* 57.4 Barnoldswick 15.5 Todmorden 40.0 * Travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. Laurance Reedasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of vacancies registered at the 211W central office of each travel-to-work area in the North-West region, and what percentages these constitute of the total number employed and the total number unemployed in each area.
Notified vacancies remaining unfilled Notified vacancies per hundred Employment Exchange or travel-to-work area Employees in employment Wholly unemployed Chester … … … … … 289 0.6 17.7 Clitheroe … … … … … 147 1.5 91.9 Congleton … … … … … 20 0.2 8.5 Macclesfield … … … … … 104 0.5 12.8 Rochdale … … … … … 173 0.3 7.4 Southport … … … … … 162 0.6 9.6 St. Helens … … … … … 126 0.2 4.4 Accrington* … … … … … 208 0.7 16.5 Ashton-under-Lyne* … … … … 324 0.4 8.2 Blackburn* … … … … … 433 0.7 13.9 Blackpool* … … … … … 328 0.4 5.7 Bolton* … … … … … 293 0.3 5.6 Burnley* … … … … … 263 0.6 15.6 Bury* … … … … … 274 0.5 13.9 Buxton* … … … … … 103 0.6 24.1 Crewe* … … … … … 207 0.5 13.2 Furness* … … … … … 195 0.5 13.0 Lancaster* … … … … … 158 0.4 5.8 Leigh* … … … … … 148 0.4 7.2 Liverpool* … … … … … 2,273 0.4 4.8 Manchester* … … … … … 3,812 0.6 12.8 Nelson* … … … … … 106 0.4 10.9 Northwich* … … … … … 215 0.7 13.7 Oldham and Chadderton* … … … 201 0.3 6.1 Ormskirk* … … … … … 188 0.8 12.6 Preston* … … … … … 779 0.6 14.9 Rawtenstall* … … … … … 109 0.5 14.8 Shaw* … … … … … 44 0.3 11.4 Warrington* … … … … … 293 0.4 13.5 Widnes* … … … … … 181 0.4 7.9 Wigan* … … … … … 245 0.4 6.6 * Travel-to-work area. The statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.