§ Mr. Penhaligonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the 20 labour exchanges with the highest percentage of male unemployment in Great Britain.
§ Mr. GoldingThe following table gives the employment office or travel-to-work areas in Great Britain with the highest rates of male unemployment at 8 February.
Percentage rate of male unemployment South-East Margate 16.7 South-West Camelford 15.7 Helston 17.1 Ilfracombe 22.3 Kingsbridge 16.5 Penzance 17.5 St. Ives 23.2 East-Midlands Mablethorpe 17.4 Skegness 17.2 Yorkshire and Humberside Whitby 17.7 Wales Cardigan 18.9 Rhyl 18.5 Tenby 17.6 Tywvn 15.6 Lampeter* 17.3 Scotland Newton Stewart 15.6 Portree 28.1 Rothesay 26.5 Sanquhar 16.8 Stornoway 24.2 *Travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. Penhaligonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the 20 labour exchanges with the lowest level of unemployment that are wholly contained within development areas.
§ Mr. GoldingThe following table gives the employment office or travel-to-work516W areas within development areas with the lowest rates of unemployment at 8 February:
North Percentage rate of unemployment Berwick-on-Tweed 6.0 Carlisle 5.4 Hexham 5.1 Penrith 5.1 Furness* 5.9 Kendal* 4.4 Wales Brecon 5.5 Carmarthen 4.0 Newtown 4.4 Scotland Dunoon 6.2 Forfar 5.1 Galashiels 3.9 Haddington 5.6 Hawick 5.0 Huntly 6.3 Kelso 4.2 Kirkwall 6.1 Lerwick 3.4 Peebles 4.4 Perth* 6.4 * Travel-to-work area