§ Mr. Winnickasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the percentage increase in unemployment between May 1979 and at the current time in each of the travel-to-work areas of the West Midlands.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following table gives the percentage increases in the numbers registered as unemployed between May 1979 and March 1982 in the areas specified. The figures on which the increases are based include school leavers and are not seasonally adjusted.
Percentage increase Birmingham* 182.0 Burton-on-Trent 211.6 Coventry* 144.6 Dudley and Sandwell* 271.8 Evesham 169.2 Hereford 112.0 Kidderminster* 178.3 Leamington 176.2 Ledbury 76.1 Leek 114.5 Leominster 90.4 Ludlow 125.3 Market Drayton 153.9 Oakengates* 164.9 Oswestry 123.2 Redditch 261.6 Ross-on-Wye 125.0 Rugby 145.7 Shrewsbury 201.6 Stafford* 167.7 Stoke-on-Trent* 245.0 Stratford-on-Avon 250.8 Uttoxeter 214.9 Walsall* 240.9 Whitchurch 195.9 Wolverhampton* 187.5 Worcester* 165.1 * Travel-to-work area comprising two or more employment office areas.