HC Deb 19 January 1981 vol 997 cc43-4W
Mr. Gow

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the percentage of unemployment in each of the maritime boroughs in England at the latest available date.

Mr. Peter Morrison

Unemployment rates are calculated for employment office areas either singly or grouped to form travel-to-work areas. In the following table, these are given for areas which include parts of the coastline of England. The information is for 11 December 1980.

Per cent.
South-East
Brighton* 8.5
Canterbury* 8.1
Chatham* 10.2
Chelmsford* 5.1
Chichester* 6.9
Eastbourne* 6.5
Folkestone* 10.2
Greater London* 5.9
Hastings* 9.7
Newport (IOW)* 10.0
Portsmouth* 8.5
Ramsgate* 11.2
Southampton* 6.5
Southend* 10.4
Worthing* 6.5
Clacton-on-Sea 12.9
Colchester 6.8
Dover 7.0
Harwich 6.6
Lymington 8.0
Margate 14.6
Sheerness 13.8
East Anglia
Ipswich* 6.0
Cromer 11.9
Great Yarmouth 10.7
Halesworth 8.7
Hunstanton 17.0
King Lynn 9.9
Leiston 14.5
Lowestoft 9.4
North Walsham 9.5
South-East
Axminster* 12.6
Bounemouth* 8.5
Bridgwater* 9.2
Bristol* 7.6
Exeter* 6.6
Liskeard* 15.4
Plymouth* 11.9
Redruth* 14.3
Swanage* 7.7
Torbay* 12.2
Barnstable 8.3
Bideford 10.7
Bridport 8.6
Bude 14.4
Camelford 16.6
Darmouth 13.0
Dorchester 3.8
Falmouth 20.3
Helston 19.7
Ilfracombe 20.9
Per cent
Kingsbridge 12.9
Minehead 8.7
Newquay 16.8
Penzance 15.1
St. Austell 10.0
St. Ives 20.1
Truro 10.3
Wadebridge 14.9
Western-super-Mare 12.1
Weymouth 9.3
East Midlands
Boston 7.9
Holbeach 8.4
Louth 8.2
Mablethorpe 17.8
Skegness 14.9
Yorkshire and Humberside
Hull* 12.3
Bridlington 14.9
Driffield 4.1
Filey 7.9
Grimsby 11.0
Scarborough 10.6
Whitby 18.3
North-West
Birkenhead* 14.7
Blackpool* 10.8
Lancaster* 10.5
Liverpool* 15.4
Southport 12.6
North
Alnwick* 12.0
Furndss* 9.5
Morpeth* 11.5
Peterlee* 13.3
Tees-side* 15.3
North Tyneside* 10.4
South Tynside* 14.5
Wearside* 16.1
Whitehaven* 10.7
Workington* 11.4
Berwick 9.1
Carlisle 8.5
Hartlepool 16.5
* Travel-to-work area