§ Mr. Goldingasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he wil list the travel-to-work areas with rates of male unemployment at 6 per cent. or over 627W from which the special temporary employment programme has been withdrawn.
§ Mr. Jim Lester,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 13 July 1979],gave the following answer:
Travel-to-work areas where the rates of unemployment exceed 6 per cent. at the unemployment count on 14 June 1979, and in which new applications for funding under the special temporary employment programme will not now be accepted, are as follows:
- South East:
- Bletchley
- Clacton
- Lymington
- Margate
- Sheerness
- Brighton
- Canterbury
- Chatham
- Hastings
- Portsmouth
- Ramsgate
- Southend
- Folkestone
- Sittingbourne
East Anglia:
- Cromer
- Dereham>
- Downham Market
- Fakenham
- Halesworth
- Hunstanton
- Kings Lynn
- Lowestoft
- March
- Wisbech
South West:
- Bath
- Bridport
- Dartmouth
- Honiton
- Kingsbridge
- Okehampton
- Shaftesbury
- Tiverton
- Weston-Super-Mare
- Weymouth
- Swindon
- Bristol
- Exeter
- Torbay
- Axminster
- Bridgwater
West Midlands:
- Ledbury
- Leominster
- Ludlow
- Market Drayton
- Oswestry
- Ross-on-Wye
- Coventry
- Oakengates
- Walsall
East Midlands:
- Alfreton
- Boston
628 - Corby
- Gainsborough
- Homcastle
- Lincoln
- Louth
- Mablethorpe
- Mansfield
- Skegness
- Spalding
- Worksop
- Chesterfield
Yorks and Humber:
- Bridlington
- Goole
- Wakefield
North West:
- Chester
- Blackpool
- Lancaster
Wales
- Monmouth