HC Deb 12 April 1978 vol 947 c431W
Mr. John Evans

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what are the unemployment statistics, at the latest available date, for the travel-to-work areas in each of the special development areas in Great Britain;

Development areas (DA) and special development areas (SDA) Numbers unemployed Percentage rate
South Western DA 18,584 11.1
Hull and Grimsby DA 20,613 8.0
Whitby and Scarborough DA 2,775 9.0
Merseyside DA and SDA 82,362 10.9
Northern DA 118,159 8.7
North East SDA 80,937 9.6
West Cumberland SDA 4,663 7.8
Welsh DA 75,964 8.2
North West Wales SDA 6,062 11.5
South Wales SDA 19,340 8.5
Scottish DA 186,097 8.9
Dundee and Arbroath SDA 9,724 9.1
Girvan SDA 584 13.8
Glenrothes SDA 1,487 7.9
Leven and Methil SDA 1,667
Livingston SDA 1,675 10.0
West Central Scotland SDA 99,447 10.2

Intermediate areas Numbers unemployed Percentage rate
South Western 10,475 8.3
Oswestry 945 7.1
High Peak 1,341 3.3
North Lincolnshire 3,645 9.3
North Midlands 9,270 5.0
Yorkshire and Humberside 97,425 5.4
North West 123,066 5.9
North Wales 4,455 11.2
South East Wales 8,060 7.4
Aberdeen 4,941 3.9