§
Mr. MacGregor
[pursuant to his reply, 13 November 1981]: In October the average rate of unemployment in intermediate areas on the proposed post-1982 boundaries was 14.3 per cent. and on current boundaries 12.5 per cent. The rates in individual travel-to-work areas which are currently intermediate areas were as follows:
|
Unemployment rate per cent. |
| Aberdeen |
6.8 |
| Aberystwyth |
12.1 |
| Accrington |
14.0 |
| Alfreton |
14.1 |
| Alnwick |
13.7 |
| Anstruther |
13.5 |
| Ashton-under-Lyne |
13.7 |
| Banff |
8.6 |
| Barmouth |
10.9 |
| Barnsley |
14.9 |
| Barnard Castle |
9.7 |
| Barnoldswick |
9.7 |
| Barnstaple |
10.2 |
| Berwick on Tweed |
10.5 |
| Bideford |
12.0 |
| Blackburn |
14.2 |
| Blackpool |
11.3 |
| Bolton |
15.5 |
| Bradford |
14.8 |
| Brecon |
9.0 |
| Bridlington |
17.2 |
| Buckie |
13.5 |
| Burnley |
11.6 |
| Bury |
13.4 |
| Buxton |
8.8 |
| Carlisle |
10.3 |
| Carmarthen |
6.7 |
| Castle Douglas |
12.8 |
| Castleford |
12.5 |
| Chester |
12.7 |
| Chesterfield |
12.8 |
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| Unemployment rate per cent. |
| Clitheroe |
4.8 |
| Crewe |
10.3 |
| Cupar |
10.0 |
| Darlington and SW Durham (Split DA/IA) |
13.9 |
| Dartmouth |
12.8 |
| Denbigh |
9.8 |
| Dewsbury |
13.8 |
| Doncaster |
16.3 |
| Driffield |
5.2 |
| Dumfries |
12.2 |
| Edinburgh |
10.8 |
| Elgin |
10.7 |
| Eyemouth |
11.8 |
| Filey |
9.0 |
| Forfar |
12.0 |
| Forres |
20.3 |
| Fraserburgh |
10.0 |
| Furness |
10.4 |
| Gainborough |
13.8 |
| Galashiels |
7.3 |
| Goole |
15.4 |
| Haddington |
9.1 |
| Halifax |
11.8 |
| Harrogate |
7.9 |
| Hawick |
8.5 |
| Hexham |
8.6 |
| Horncastle |
9.3 |
| Huddersfield |
12.4 |
| Huntley |
8.2 |
| Keighley |
13.0 |
| Kelso |
7.1 |
| Keswick |
9.0 |
| Kingsbridge |
13.6 |
| Kirkwall |
10.3 |
| Lancaster |
12.2 |
| Leeds |
11.6 |
| Leigh |
15.9 |
| Lerwick |
4.6 |
| Llandeilo |
14.2 |
| Llandrindod Wells |
11.3 |
| Llandudno |
11.7 |
| Llanelli (Split DA/IA) |
18.4 |
| Llangollen |
13.1 |
| Llanrwst |
12.5 |
| Louth |
9.6 |
| Mablethorpe |
20.5 |
| Macclesfield |
9.0 |
| Machynlleth |
11.5 |
| Maltby |
17.8 |
| Malton |
6.9 |
| Manchester |
12.9 |
| Monmouth |
15.2 |
| Montrose |
9.5 |
| Nairn |
15.9 |
| Nelson |
13.6 |
| Newton |
11.1 |
| Northallerton |
10.1 |
| Northwich |
15.9 |
| Nottingham (Split Non AA/IA) |
11.5 |
| Okehampton |
9.7 |
| Oldham and Chadderton |
15.3 |
| Ormskirk (Split SDA/IA) |
21.8 |
| Oswestry |
11.6 |
| Peebles |
5.8 |
| Penrith |
8.3 |
| Perth |
8.4 |
| Peterhead |
9.1 |
| Pickering |
6.7 |
| Pontypool (Split DA/IA) |
15.7 |
| Preston |
12.0 |
| Rawtenstall |
17.0 |
| Richmond |
12.9 |
| Ripon |
8.8 |
| Rochdale |
17.1 |
| St. Andrews |
8.8 |
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|
Unemployment rate per cent. |
| Scarborough |
12.8 |
| Selby |
10.2 |
| Sheffield |
13.0 |
| Skegness |
16.1 |
| Skipton |
7.0 |
| Southport |
16.0 |
| Stirling |
13.8 |
| Sutton-in-Ashfield |
8.6 |
| Swansea (Split DA/IA) |
15.7 |
| Tenby |
21.3 |
| Thirsk |
7.8 |
| Todmorden |
12.7 |
| Torbay |
13.9 |
| Tywyn |
16.1 |
| Wakefield |
11.2 |
| Warrington |
14.3 |
| Welshpool |
11.2 |
| Whitby |
20.7 |
| Worksop |
11.4 |
| York |
7.5 |