Ilkeston, Derbyshire and Kilmarnock

HC Deb 10 June 1975 vol 893 c120W

Mr. Crawford

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the current unemployment figures for Ilkeston, Derbyshire, and Kilmarnock.

Mr. John Fraser

The following table shows the figures for the nearest corresponding employment office areas at 12th May 1975:

			Number unemployed	Percentage rate of unemployment
Ilkeston	…	…	619	3.1
Derbyshire	…	…	10,534	2.9*
Kilmarnock	…	…	1,428	4.3†
* The percentage rate relates to a group of travel-to-work areas which is slightly smaller than the county area.
† The percentage rate relates to the Kilmarnock travel-to-work area which comprises Kilmarnock and New Milns.