HC Deb 31 July 1980 vol 989 c781W
Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the percentage increase in unemployment in each planning region of the United Kingdom, taking May 1978 as 100.

Mr. Jim Lester

The following table gives the percentage changes between May 1978 and July 1980 in the numbers registered as unemployed, seasonally adjusted and excluding school leavers, in each region of Great Britain and in Northern Ireland.

Per cent.
South-East + 6.1
East Anglia + 7.8
South.West − 0.7
West Midlands + 30.3
East Midlands + 22.4
Yorkshire and Humberside + 24.5
North.West + 21.5
North + 19.2
Wales + 17.5
Scotland + 20.1
Northern Ireland + 16.5