§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish for the United Kingdom and for each Manpower Services Commission special development area the average number of young unemployed during those months when the unemployment register was at its lowest for 1977–78 and 1978–79.
July October January April Special Development Areas 1978 1978 1979 1979 Falmouth … … … … 481 413 469 387 Merseyside … … … … 48,050 39,947 37,839 33,054 North-East … … … … 42,628 32,350 30,018 26,061 West Cumberland … … … … 2,385 1,667 1,708 1,546 North-West Wales … … … … 2,190 2,128 2,082 1,713 South Wales … … … … 11,083 8,919 8,598 7,476 Dundee and Arbroath … … … 4,240 3,746 4,081 3,831 Girvan … … … … 107 130 129 127 Glenrothes … … … … 838 478 676 547 Leven and Methil … … … 765 446 713 533 West Central Scotland … … … 47,178 38,228 39,568 35,539 Livingston … … … … 909 659 821 776 United Kingdom … … … 710,492* 552,201* 524,724 451,371 * Includes estimated figure for Northern Ireland.