HC Deb 15 February 1978 vol 944 c247W
Mr. Hicks

asked the Secretary of State for Employment, for each United Kingdom special development area, development area and intermediate area, and for the United Kingdom, what was the average unemployment expressed as a percentage

January 1970 July 1977 January 1978
Special Development Areas
Merseyside 4.2 12.4 11.5
North East 6.1 10.4 10.1
West Cumberland 6.5 9.6 8.7
North West Wales 7.7 11.9 13.5
South Wales 5.3 9.8 9.0
Dundee and Arbroath 3.9 9.8 9.3
Girvan 9.0 12.6 14.5
Glenrothes 5.3 9.7 9.1
Leven and Methil
Livingston 3.2 10.6 11.5
West Central Scotland 5.0 10.7 11.0
Development Areas
South Western 6.2 9.5 12.4
Hull and Grimsby 4.0 8.9 8.6
Whitby and Scarborough 8.0 6.0 9.4
Merseyside 4.2 12.4 11.5
Northern 5.2 9.3 9.1
Welsh 4.6 8.9 8.7
Scottish 4.6 9.3 9.7
Intermediate Areas
South Western 4.2 9.8 9.0
Oswestry 5.0 9.3 8.2
High Peak 1.5 4.0 3.3
North Lincolnshire 5.6 7.0 9.9
North Midlands 4.3 5.8 5.5
Yorkshire and Humberside 3.0 6.2 5.8
North West 2.4 6.9 6.3
North Wales 6.4 9.5 12.1
South East Wales 3.8 8.2 7.8
Aberdeen 3.4 3.7 4.4
United Kingdom 2.8 6.8 6.5
Rates of unemployment are calculated only for complete travel-to-work areas or combinations of these areas. The rates shown above are for the travel-to-work areas which correspond most closely with the assisted areas.