HC Deb 05 July 1973 vol 859 cc190-3W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the employment exchanges in each special development area and show against each the percentage male unemployment at June 1973, June 1972, June 1971 and June 1970.

Mr. Dudley Smith

, pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 28th June 1973], circulated the following information:

Percentage rates of unemployment can be calculated only for travel-to-work areas. The following table shows the employment exchanges in the special development areas and rates of unemployment for the appropriate travel-to-work areas.

Percentage rates of unemployment for males
June 1970 June 1971 June 1972 June 1973 (provisional)
Motherwell 4.8 8.1 9.2 5.7
Airdrie
Bellshill
Blantyre
Carluke
Coatbridge
East Kilbride
Hamilton
Larkhall
Uddingston
Wishaw
Paisley 3.6 6.2 6.3 4.8
Johnstone
Renfrew
Sanquhar 24.8 20.1 18.2 11.7
Shotts 8.2 10.7 11.1 8.5
Girvan 7.1 7.8 8.8 5.5
Leven and Methil 6.5 8.3 8.2 5.7
† Glenrothes
* Kirkcaldy
* Burntisland
† Livingston 3.7 7.8 8.1 5.6
* Bathgate
* Broxburn
* West Calder
North
Ashington 8.3 6.5 6.8 4.6
Bedlington 13.3 10.6 12.7 8.0
Bishop Auckland 8.8 9.0 9.0 5.6
Crook
Shildon
Spennymoor
Blyth 12.6 11.4 11.6 7.8
Chester-le-Street 6.2 6.6 6.4 5.7
Birtley
Houghton-le-Spring
Consett 6.3 7.9 7.4 6.9
Lanchester
Stanley
Durham 6.2 6.2 5.8 4.7
Haltwhistle 2.7 3.4 4.1 2.6
Hartlepool 7.3 10.0 12.2 8.2
Hartlepool Headland
Peterlee 7.4 8.7 9.7 8.4
Wingate
Seaton Delaval 8.4 7.4 6.6 4.8
Blaydon-on-Tyne 6.7 8.3 8.9 6.9
East Boldon
Felling
Gateshead
Jarrow and Hebburn
Newburn
Newcastle-on-Tyne
North Shields
Prudhoe
South Shields
Walker
Wallsend
West Moor
Whitley Bay 7.6 9.3 9.7 8.3
Sunderland
Seaham
Southwick
Washington
Millom 7.0 10.2 8.6 5.3
Whitehaven 8.4 7.6 7.9 6.3
Cleator Moor
Workington 5.2 5.2 5.8 5.4
Aspatria
Cockermouth
Maryport

Percentage rates of unemployment for males
June 1970 June 1971 June 1972 June 1973 (provisional)
Wales
Aberdare 5.6 6.3 6.1 4.3
Mountain Ash
Bargoed 8.0 10.6 10.7 7.1
Blackwood
Pontlottyn
Ystrad Mynach
Cymmer 3.3 3.2 4.0 2.8
Maesteg
*Port Talbot
*Bridgend
*Porthcawl
Ebbw Vale 4.3 5.3 5.8 3.7
Abertillery
Brynmawr
Tredegar
Merthyr Tydfil 5.9 8.1 7.3 4.1
Treharris
Neath 2.8 3.2 4.3 2.6
Resolven
Newbridge 3.8 4.9 6.0 4.0
*Newport
*Risca
Pontypridd 5.7 6.0 7.2 5.2
Ferndale
Llantrisant
Tonypandy
Tonyrefail
Treorchy
Ystradgynlais 5.1 5.4 5.8 4.2
Ammanford
Garnant
Pontardawe
* Parts of travel-to-work areas which are not special development areas.
† Livingston and Glenrothes New Towns are special development areas. The figures relate to employment exchange areas which are somewhat larger than the new towns.

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