HC Deb 02 December 1980 vol 995 cc142-4W
Mr. Campbell-Savours

asked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will list all those travel-to-work-areas which form part of development and special development areas.

Mr. David Mitchell

[pursuant to his reply, 1 December 1980, c. 43]: Following is the information, set out by region and by type of Assisted Area on the basis of current designation:

Travel to work areas with status of
Special development area Development area
ENGLAND
Northern Region
Consett Central Durham
Hartlepool Haltwhistle
North Tyne Morpeth
Peterlee Teesside
South Tyne Whitehaven
Wearside Workington
Travel to work areas with status of
Special development area Development area
North-West Region
Birkenhead St. Helens
Liverpool Wigan
Ormskirk*
Widnes
Yorkshire and Humberside Region
Grimsby
Hull
Mexborough
Rotherham
Scunthorpe
South-West Region
Falmouth Bodmin
Redruth Bude
Camelford
Helston
Ilfracombe
Launceston
Liskeard
Newquay
Penzance
Plymouth
St. Austell
St. Ives
Truro
Wadebridge
East Midlands Region
Corby
SCOTLAND
Arbroath Bathgate (Livingston New Town is SDA)
Ayr
Cumnock Blairgowrie
Dumbarton Campbeltown
Dundee Dingwall
Glasgow Dunfermline
Greenock (except Isles of Cumbrae which are DAs) Dunoon
Falkirk
Irvine (except the Isle of Arran which is a DA) Fort William
Girvan
Kilmarnock Inverness
Lanark Kirkcaldy (Glenrothes New Town is SDA)
North Lanarkshire
Paisley Lochgilphead
Sanquhar Newton Stewart
Travel to work areas with status of
Special development area Development area
Oban
Portree
Rothesay
Stornoway
Stranraer
Thurso
Wick
WALES
Bargoed Aberdare
Ebbw Vale Blaenau Ffestiniog
Holyhead Caernarvon
Port Talbot Cardiff
Shotton Cardigan
Wrexham Fishguard
Lampeter
Llanelli (part has intermediate area (IA) status)
Merthyr Tydfil
Milford Haven
Neath
Newport
Pembroke Dock
Pontypool (part IA)
Pontypridd (parts DA)
Pwllheli
Rhyl
Swansea (part IA)
*Only Skelmersdale New Town has SDA status; the remainder of the TTWA is an IA which is to become a non-assisted area on 1 August 1982.