Unemployment Rates (Hansard, 18 June 1981)

§ Mr. Woolmer

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report details of the numbers unemployed and the unemployment rates prevailing, at May 1979, May 1980 and May 1981, in each of the following travel-to-work areas: Aberdeen, Accrington, Armagh, Belfast, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blackburn, Bolton, Bradford, Burnley, Bury, Darlington,

	May 1979	May 1980	May 1981
	Number unemployed	Percentage rate unemployment	Number unemployed	Percentage rate unemployment	Number unemployed	Percentage rate unemployment
Aberdeen^*	4,496	3.6	4,897	3.9	7,744	5.9
Accrington^*	1,181	4.0	1,599	5.4	3,384	11.5
Armagh	1,572	12.3	1,739	13.7	2,364	18.6
Belfast^*	26,188	8.5	29,163	9.5	42,838	14.0
Berwick-upon-Tweed	374	4.4	496	5.9	803	9.8
Blackburn^*	4,077	6.0	4,653	6.9	8,468	12.2
Bolton^*	6,226	5.6	7,562	6.8	14,525	13.0
Bradford^*	10,487	6.2	12,827	7.6	21,737	12.7
Barnsley^*	5,168	6.4	6,058	7.5	10,137	12.3
Bury^*	2,576	4.1	3,624	5.7	7,293	11.5
Darlington and South West Durham^*	4,940	6.1	5,840	7.2	10,055	12.1
Derby^*	5,003	3.4	5,996	4.1	10,736	7.2
Dewsbury^*	2,994	4.6	4,130	6.3	8,179	12.4
Galashiels	411	3.0	480	3.6	952	6.5
Halifax^*	2,822	3.6	3,736	4.7	8,223	10.5
Hartlepool	5,308	11.8	5,848	13.0	8,003	18.3
Hawick	427	3.6	401	3.3	923	7.9
Huddersfield	3,467	3.8	5,451	6.0	9,922	10.9
Keighley	1,342	4.5	1,772	5.9	3,629	11.9
Kelso	189	3.4	219	3.9	404	7.5
Kidderminster^*	1,985	5.0	2,787	7.0	4,819	11.9
Lancaster^*	3,048	6.5	3,329	7.1	5,189	11.0
Leeds^*	16,092	4.7	18,969	5.5	34,041	10.0
Leek	550	4.0	509	3.7	1,013	7.5
Leicester^*	10,900	4.7	12,627	5.4	23,330	9.9
Londonderry^*	6,276	15.0	6,909	16.5	10,475	25.0
Macclesfield	1,018	3.7	1,308	4.7	2,380	8.5
Manchester^*	36,634	5.2	44,343	6.3	78,931	11.0
Market Harborough	207	2.4	265	3.0	675	7.5
Nelson^*	1,082	4.2	1,568	6.1	3,204	12.1
North Lanarkshire^*	15,531	10.6	19,002	13.0	27,879	18.4
Nottingham^*	16,192	4.8	18,646	5.5	33,135	9.7
Oldham^*	3,633	3.7	5,072	5.1	12,213	12.5
Peebles	100	2.2	121	2.7	247	5.5
Rochdale^*	2,821	5.4	3,837	7.4	7,771	15.4
Rossendale^*	892	4.5	1,360	6.8	2,944	14.3
Skipton	299	2.1	400	2.9	920	6.4
Todmorden	240	4.1	312	5.3	651	10.3
Wakefield^*	3,599	4.9	4,387	6.0	7,214	9–18
Warrington^*	3,908	5.0	4,864	6.2	9,758	12.0
Wearside^*	15,765	11.1	17,489	12.3	24,131	17.2
Whitehaven^*	2,081	7.1	2,265	7.8	3,288	11.2
Workington^*	2,163	7.1	2,664	8.8	4,405	14.0
^*Travel-to-work area comprising two or more employment office areas.