§ Mr. Goldingasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list each travel-to-work area and give for each the percentage of unemployment in May 1979 and October 1981, respectively.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 19 November 1981]: The following is the information. The unemployment figures from which the rates have been calculated include school leavers and are not seasonally adjusted.
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South East May 1979 October 1981 Alton 2.5 7.1 Andover 2.6 9.3 Ashford (Kent) 3.9 11.5 Aylesbury 2.2 7.0 Banbury 4.5 10.3 Basingstoke 2.9 7.4 Buckingham 2.2 7.3 Clacton-on-Sea 8.4 18.0 Colchester 4.4 10.1 Cranbrook 4.5 8.2 Dover 4.2 8.2 Harwich 3.5 8.0 Lymington 4.9 10.1 Margate 9.1 15.8 Milton Keynes 5.9 14.3 Newbury 3.6 8.7 Sheerness 8.1 17.7 Stevenage 3.4 10.8 Aldershot* 2.4 7.1 Bedford* 3.1 8.9 Braintree* 3.4 10.1 Brighton* 5.7 11.0 Canterbury* 4.8 11.1 Chatham* 5.6 14.3 Chelmsford* 2.9 7.2 Chichester* 3.8 8.3 Crawley* 2.0 6.1 Eastbourne* 3.7 7.3 Greater London* 3.5 8.9 Guildford* 2.1 6.7 Harlow* 3.0 10.0 Hastings* 5.8 13.0 Hertford* 1.8 6.0 High Wycombe* 1.9 6.5 Hitchin* 2.6 9.2 Luton* 4.0 11.7 Maidstone* 2.9 7.5 Newport (IOW)* 5.2 12.1 Oxford* 3.8 8.6 Portsmouth* 4.9 11.5 Ramsgate* 7.1 12.8 Reading* 2.5 8.0 Slough* 1.9 6.9 Southampton* 3.6 91 Southend-on-Sea* 5.6 13.5 St Albans* 1.8 5.6 Tunbridge Wells* 2.6 7.1 Watford* 2.3 7.4 Worthing* 3.6 8.6 Folkestone* 5.9 12.6 Sittingbourne* 5.3 11.9
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East Anglia May 1979 October 1981 Bury St Edmunds 3.2 6.7 Cambridge 2.4 5.9 Cromer 8.2 13.3 Dereham 8.4 13.4 Diss 4.3 11.1 Dowham Market 6.8 10.5 Ely 4.6 7.3 Fakenham 7.2 12.5 Great Yarmouth 7.2 12.5 Halesworth 6.6 8.9 Haverhill 3.1 10.3 Hunstanton 10.5 18.5 Huntingdon 3.7 10.3 Kings Lynn 6.4 12.4 Leiston 5.4 11.9 Lowestoft 5.7 12.8 March 5.1 11.0 North Walsham 4.6 109 Peterborough 5.0 10.9
May 1979 October1981 St Neots 3.2 8.2 Sudbury 3.8 10.2 Wisbech 7.4 13.8 Ipswich* 3.6 8.3 Norwich* 4.1 9.8 Beccles* 4.1 8.4 Newmarket* 3.7 9.5 Thetford* 4.5 12.0
South West May 1979 October 1981 Barnstaple 5.6 10.2 Bath 5.2 8.9 Bideford 7.8 12.0 Blandford 4.1 8.8 Bodmin 6.7 9.6 Bridport 6.5 11.5 Bude 9.8 15.2 Camelford 11.5 14.6 Chard 4.0 9.3 Cirencester 3.5 9.3 Dartmouth 10.8 12.8 Devizes 3.2 8.2 Dorchester 2.6 4.9 Dursley 3.3 8.7 Falmouth 11.4 20.0 Frome 5.1 12.7 Gloucester 4.1 9.7 Helston 15.9 22.1 Honiton 6.8 10.7 Ilfracombe 11.9 19.4 Kingsbridge 9.9 13.6 Launceston 7.3 13.6 Midsomer Norton 4.8 12.7 Minehead 4.3 8.4 Newquay 9.2 15.4 Okehampton 6.0 9.7 Penzance 10.9 15.7 Shaftesbury 5.7 10.7 St Austell 6.5 12.0 St Ives 12.5 17.9 Swindon 5.4 10.6 Taunton 3.8 8.3 Tiverton 6.4 12.1 Turo 7.5 11.0 Wadebridge 9.7 14.6 Warminster 4.1 8.3 Weston-Super-Mare 7.5 14.2 Weymouth 6.3 12.3 Bristol* 5.3 10.7 Cheltenham* 3.7 7.3 Chippenham* 4.2 8.2 Exeter* 5.0 9.2 Plymouth* 7.9 15.3 Salisbury* 4.1 8.6 Torbay* 7.7 13.9 Trowbridge* 3.4 9.1 Yeovil* 3.8 7.3 Axminster 7.8 13.3 Bournemouth* 4.5 10.7 Bridgwater 5.7 10.7 Cinderford* 3.9 11.2 Liskeard* 7.7 15.8 Redruth* 10.5 17.6 Stroud* 4.1 10.1 Swanage* 3.2 8.8 Wells* 2.8 7.4
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West Midlands May 1979 October 1981 Burton-on-Trent 3.5 10.2 Evesham 2.8 6.8 Hereford 5.2 10.0
May 1979 October 1981 Leamington 3.8 9.9 Ledbury 5.6 8.2 Leek 4.0 9.0 Leominster 6.7 12.2 Ludlow 6.3 13.3 Market Drayton 7.0 17.8 Oswestry 5.4 11.6 Redditch 4.6 14.7 Ross-on-Wye 5.8 13.0 Rugby 4.8 12.2 Shrewsbury 3.7 10.4 Stratford-on-Avon 2.7 9.0 Uttoxeter 3.4 9.8 Whitchurch 4.3 12.1 Birmingham* 5.7 16.6 Coventry* 6.3 16.3 Dudley/Sandwell* 3.9 15.3 Kidderminster* 5.0 14.4 Oakengates* 7.8 19.5 Stafford* 3.0 8.0 Stoke-on-Trent* 4.1 13.4 Walsall* 5.1 17.1 Wolverhampton * 5.6 17.0 Worcester* 4.3 11.5
East Midlands May 1979 October 1981 Alfreton 4.7 14.1 Boston 6.5 10.8 Corby 6.5 20.8 Gainsborough 7.4 13.8 Grantham 5.0 10.0 Hinkley 3.2 11.1 Holbeach 5.2 10.2 Horncastle 6.2 9.3 Kettering 3.5 12.3 Lincoln 6.2 12.6 Loughborough 2.9 8.1 Louth 4.9 9.6 Mablethorpe 12.7 20.5 Mansfield 5.8 13.0 Market Harborough 2.4 8.5 Melton Mowbray 4.4 11.2 Newark 4.3 9.9 Retford 4.2 9.8 Rushden 1.7 8.9 Skegness 10.4 16.1 Sleaford 6.0 10.9 Spalding 5.2 8.7 Wellingborough 3.9 13.1 Worksop 5.2 11.4 Chesterfield* 5.0 12.8 Coalville* 3.3 8.4 Derby* 3.4 8.6 Leicester* 4.7 11.2 Northampton* 3.0 9.6 Nottingham* 4.8 11.5 Sutton-in-Ashfield* 3.8 8.6 Buxton* 2.5 8.8 Matlock* 2.3 7.4 Stamford* 4.7 10.3
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Yorkshire and Humberside May 1979 October 1981 Bridlington 9.2 17.2 Driffield 1.9 5.2 Filey 4.0 9.0 Goole 6.5 15.4 Grimsby 6.0 12.7 Harrogate 3.5 7.9 Huddersfield 3.8 12.4 Keighley 4.5 13.0 Maltby 7.9 17.8
May 1979 October 1981 Malton 4.0 6.9 Northallerton 3.7 10.1 Pickering 4.5 6.7 Richmond 6.7 12.9 Ripon 3.8 8.8 Rotherham 7.1 17.2 Scarborough 6.3 12.8 Selby 3.7 10.2 Skipton 2.1 7.0 Thirsk 3.9 7.8 Todmorden 4.1 12.7 Whitby 10.4 20.7 York 4.0 7.5 Barnsley* 6.4 14.9 Bradford* 6.2 14.8 Castleford* 5.8 12.5 Dewsbury* 4.6 13.8 Doncaster* 7.2 16.3 Halifax* 3.6 11.8 Hull* 7.9 15.2 Leeds* 4.7 11.6 Mexborough* 9.5 21.0 Scunthorpe* 5.3 18.1 Sheffield* 4.5 13.0 Wakefield* 4.9 11.2
North West May 1979 October 1981 Barnoldswick 2.7 9.7 Chester 5.5 12.7 Clitheroe 1.7 4.8 Macclesfield 3.7 9.0 Southport 7.5 16.0 St. Helens 7.8 16.7 Accrington* 4.0 14.0 Ashton-Under-Lyne* 4.1 13.7 Birkenhead* 10.1 19.3 Blackburn* 6.0 14.2 Blackpool* 6.4 11.3 Bolton* 5.6 15.5 Burnley* 4.1 11.6 Bury* 4.1 13.4 Crewe* 3.4 10.3 Lancaster* 6.5 12.2 Leigh* 5.7 15.9 Liverpool* 11.8 18.8 Manchester* 5.2 12.9 Nelson* 4.2 13.6 Northwich* 4.3 15.9 Oldham* 3.7 15.3 Preston* 4.7 12.0 Rochdale* 5.4 17.1 Warrington* 5.0 14.3 Widnes* 9.9 18.1 Wigan* 8.7 17.7 Ormskirk* 10.8 21.8 Rossendale* 4.5 17.0
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North May 1979 October 1981 Barnard Castle 6.2 9.7 Berwick-on-Tweed 4.4 10.5 Carlisle 5.0 10.3 Haltwhistle 4.9 12.6 Hartlepool 11.8 19.8 Hexham 4.0 8.6 Keswick 4.0 9.0 Penrith 3.8 8.3 Alnwick* 7.4 13.7 Central Durham* 6.3 13.6 Consett* 10.5 25.8 Darlington and South West Durham* 6.1 13.9
May 1979 October 1981 Furness* 5.2 10.4 Morpeth* 7.9 15.4 North Tyne* 7.0 13.0 Peterlee* 9.9 16.9 South Tyne* 10.2 17.8 Teeside* 8.5 18.9 Wearside* 11.1 19.1 Whitehaven* 7.1 13.4 Workington* 7.1 18.3 Kendal* 2.6 6.8
Wales May 1979 October 1981 Aberdare 9.0 17.2 Aberystwyth 5.7 12.1 Barmouth 3.9 10.9 Blaenau Ffestiniog 9.2 15.8 Brecon 4.8 9.0 Cardigan 13.5 20.3 Carmarthen 3.6 6.7 Denbigh 5.7 9.8 Fishguard 10.1 14.5 Llandeilo 7.0 14.2 Llandrindod Wells 5.6 11.3 Llangollen 7.4 13.1 Llanrwst 6.3 12.5 Machynlleth 5.9 11.5 Monmouth 8.7 15.2 Newtown 4.3 11.1 Pembroke Dock 8.9 19.3 Rhyl 11.7 19.1 Tenby 9.9 21.3 Tywyn 9.7 16.1 Welshpool 4.8 11.2 Bargoed* 11.2 20.7 Cardiff* 7.3 14.0 Ebbw Vale* 11.5 20.8 Llanelli* 6.8 18.4 Neath* 8.1 16.1 Newport* 6.7 15.0 Pontypool* 7.2 15.7 Pontypridd* 8.0 15.7 Port Talbot* 6.5 15.5 Shotton* 6.5 17.7 Swansea* 7.5 15.7 Wrexham* 11.2 19.6 Caernarvon* 8.5 17.5 Holyhead* 12.6 21.2 Lampeter* 13.2 22.3 Llandudno* 6.8 11.7 Merthyr Tydfil* 6.8 14.6 Milford Haven* 7.7 14.5 Pwllheli* 7.6 16.1
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Scotland May 1979 October 1981 Anstruther 8.0 13.5 Arbroath 9.6 18.0 Banff 5.8 8.6 Blairgowrie 7.5 14.7 Buckie 6.5 13.5 Cambeltown 11.2 16.6 Castle Douglas 8.0 12.8 Cumnock 9.9 18.1 Cupar 5.9 10.0 Dundee 8.4 16.1 Dunoon 4.5 11.1 Elgin 6.0 10.7 Eyemouth 7.8 11.8 Forfar 4.5 12.0 Forres 10.9 20.3 Fort William 6.5 13.6 Fraserburgh 6.0 10.0
May 1979 October 1981 Galashiels 3.0 7.3 Girvan 10.8 17.4 Haddington 5.2 9.1 Hawick 3.6 8.5 Huntly 4.9 8.2 Inverness 7.1 9.3 Kelso 3.4 7.1 Kirkwall 5.8 10.3 Lerwick 2.7 4.6 Lochgilphead 7.5 9.7 Montrose 5.1 9.5 Nairn 6.5 15.9 Newton Stewart 12.5 18.8 Oban 7.1 11.2 Peebles 2.2 5.8 Peterhead 5.9 9.1 Portree 18.8 19.3 Rothesay 14.1 21.6 Sanquhar 14.9 20.9 St. Andrews 5.2 8.8 Stornoway 13.1 20.2 Stranraer 10.2 15.1 Thurso 9.5 11.4 Wick 10.0 13.8 Aberdeen* 3.6 6.8 Ayr* 8.7 14.9 Bathgate* 8.6 19.2 Dumbarton* 10.3 17.9 Dumfries* 6.0 12.2 Dunfermline* 6.9 13.0 Edinburgh* 5.5 10.8 Falkirk* 6.2 14.2 Glasgow* 8.2 16.0 Greenock* 9.7 16.9 Irvine* 12.1 23.0 Kirkcaldy* 6.9 13.9 North Lanarkshire* 10.6 20.5 Paisley* 7.1 17.6 Perth* 4.8 8.4 Stirling* 6.2 13.8 Dingwall* 9.4 14.4 Lanark* 10.7 18.1 * Travel-to-work area comprising two or more employment office areas.