§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the percentage rate of unemployment in each intermediate area the average unemployment of which is in excess of 8 per cent., at the most recent convenient date.
§ Mr. GoldingFollowing is the information at 10th February:
Intermediate Areas Per cent. South Western 8.3 Oswestry 8.1 North Lincolnshire 8.6 North Wales* 10.1 * The percentage rate for North Wales relates to the intermediate area plus part of the Llandudno travel-to-work area outside the designated area.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the percentage unemployment rates for special development areas that are in excess of 10 per cent. for the most recent available date.
§ Mr. GoldingFollowing is the information at 10th February:
Special Development Area Per cent. Merseyside 10.6 North West Wales 12.4 Girvan 13.6 Livingston* 10.1 * The percentage rate is for the Bathgate travel-to-work area which, in addition to Livingston, includes Bathgate, Broxburn and West Calder which are not special development areas.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the counties of England, Scotland and Wales the unemployment rates of which in February were on average (a) below 4 per cent. and (b) over 9 per cent.
§ Mr. GoldingFollowing is the information at 10th February:206W
Counties with an unemployment rate below 4 per cent. Per cent. England Berkshire 3.6 Buckinghamshire 3.3 Hertfordshire 3.1 Surrey 3.3 West Sussex 3.6
Counties with an unemployment rate over 9 per cent. England Cornwall 12.0 Merseyside Metropolitan 10.7 Scotland Highlands 9.3 Strathclyde 9.6 Western Isles 16.2 Wales Clwyd 10.0 Dyfed 9.3 Gwynedd 11.5 NOTE: The percentage rates for counties are for the nearest areas which can be expressed in terms of complete travel-to-work areas.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing which intermediate areas have an unemployment rate in excess of the average for (a) development areas and (b) special development areas at the most recent available date.
§ Mr. GoldingFollowing is the information at 10th February:
Per cent. Unemployment Rate for all Development Areas 8.5 Unemployment Rate for all Special Development Areas 9.5 Intermediate Areas with unemployment rates in excess of the Development Areas North Lincolnshire 8.6 North Wales* 10.1 Intermediate Areas with unemployment rates in excess of the Special Development Areas North Wales* 10.1 * The percentage rate for North Wales relates to the intermediate area plus part of the Llandudno travel-to-work area outside the designated area.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list those intermediate areas the unemployment rate of which is below the average United Kingdom unemployment rate for the most recent available date, indicating the percentage unemployment rate in each case.
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§ Mr. GoldingFollowing is the information at 10th February:
Percentage Rate of Unemployment United Kingdom 6.0 Intermediate Areas High Peak* 3.3 North Midlands 4.8 Yorkshire and Humberside 5.5 North west 5.8 *The percentage rate for High Peak relates to the Buxton travel-to-work area and so excludes Glossop, which is a small part of the Ashton-under-Lyne travel-to-work area, the remainder of which is not in the High Peak Intermediate Area.