§ Mr. Lomasasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people in the Yorkshire and Humberside Region were 488W unemployed at the latest available date; and how this compares with the national average.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithOn 8th October there were 47,995 people unemployed in the Yorkshire and Humberside Region and the rate of unemployment was 2.4 per cent. The comparable rate for Great Britain was 2.2 per cent.
§ Mr. Lomasasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the latest unemployment figures for the major towns and areas in the Yorkshire and Humberside Region.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information for 8th October 1973:
Employment Office or travel-to-work area Number unemployed Percentage rate of unemployment Barnoldswick 90 1.2 Barnsley* 2,403 3.4 Bradford* 3,579 2.2 Bridlington 473 5.3 Brighouse 116 1.0 Castleford* 1,676 3.0 Dewsbury* 1,167 1.8 Dinnington 346 6.1 Doncaster* 3,723 3.7 Driffield 80 1.5 Filey 157 5.4 Gainsborough 378 3.5 Goole 423 3.6 Grimsby 2,259 3.2 Halifax* 672 1.1 Harrogate 504 1.6 Hebden Bridge 54 1.2 Hemsworth* 745 6.1 Horncastle 83 3.2 Huddersfield 933 1.0 Hull* 6,599 3.9 Keighley 543 1.9 Leeds* 6,214 2.1 Louth 169 2.5 Mablethorpe 215 7.3 Maltby 327 4.0 Mexborough* 1,533 4.9 Pocklington 61 1.7 Ripon 92 1.6 Rotherham 1,874 3.4 Scunthorpe* 1,394 2.4 Selby 165 1.5 Sheffield* 5,442 1.9 Skegness 671 6.5 Skipton 196 1.5 Tadcaster 40 0.7 Todmorden 29 0.5 Wakefield 846 1.6 Wetherby 66 1.2 Yeadon* 234 1.0 York 1,424 2.1 * Travel-to-work area.