HC Deb 18 July 1978 vol 954 c203W
Mr. Jim Callaghan

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the present levels of unemployment in the country districts of the Greater Manchester county; what action his Department has taken to alleviate the problem; and what success he has achieved.

Mr. Golding

The country districts of the Greater Manchester County are taken to comprise the employment office areas listed in the following table. The numbers

NUMBER UNEMPLOYED—JUNE 1978
Employment Office Area Males Females Total
Ashton-in-Makerfield … 497 234 731
Atherton … 532 227 759
Eccles … 746 186 932
Farnworth … 760 350 1,110
Hey wood … 635 262 897
Irlam … 319 109 428
Leigh … 1,299 791 2,090
Littleborough … 119 57 176
Marple … 171 47 218
Middleton … 1,534 530 2,064
Mossley … 105 17 122
Oldham and Chadderton … 2,744 1,013 3,757
Prestwich … 893 339 1,232
Radcliffe … 290 100 390
Royton … 178 96 274
Westhoughton … 175 100 275
Worsley … 728 272 1,000