§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the percentage of unemployment in the Keighley, Shipley and Bingley travel-to-work areas for each complete month in the current year.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe following table gives information for the Keighley employment office area and for the Bradford travel-to-work area which comprises the Bradford, Shipley and Bingley employment office areas.
Keighley employment office area Per cent. Bradford travel-to-work area Per cent. January 1979 5.1 7.0 February 1979 5.1 6.9 March 1979 4.9 6.7 April 1979 4.5 6.4 May 1979 4.5 6.2 June 1979 4.7 6.3 July 1979 5.5 7.1 August 1979 5.2 7.1 September 1979 5.0 6.7 October 1979* 5.1 6.5 November 1979 5.0 6.3 *From October 1979 the unemployment figures from which the rates have been calculated are affected by the introduction of fortnightly attendance and payment of benefit. The figures are likely to be slightly higher than they would have been under weekly attendance.