§ Mr. Andersonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list for each travel-to-work area the percentage of unemployment in May 1979 and October 1982, respectively.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following table gives the percentage rates for registered unemployed—old basis—at May 1979 and October 1982 in the areas specified. It also gives the rates for unemployed claimants—new basis—at October 1982, but the difference between the two methods would not be of the same proportions in other months.
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May 1979 October 1982* October 1982† South East Alton 2.5 7.4 5.2 Andover 2.6 8.9 7.6 Ashford (Kent) 3.9 13.0 11.5 Aylesbury 2.2 7.6 7.5 Banbury 4.5 12.2 11.2 Basingstoke 2.9 7.8 7.3 Buckingham 2.2 8.2 7.6 Clacton-on-Sea 8.4 20.0 19.5 Colchester 4.4 11.6 11.5 Cranbrook 4.5 9.4 8.2 Dover 4.2 9.3 8.2 Harwich 3.5 10.8 10.3 Lymington 4.9 11.7 8.9 Margate 91 20.5 18.6 Milton Keynes 5.9 16.5 15.2 Newbury 3.6 9.2 7.7 Sheerness 8.1 19.2 17.4 Stevenage 3.4 12.4 11.5 ‡Aldershot 2.4 9.0 8.3 ‡Bedford 3.1 9.7 9.1 ‡Braintree 3.4 10.9 9.3 ‡Brighton 5.7 12.6 11.7 ‡Canterbury 4.8 12.4 11.8 ‡Chatham 5.6 16.7 15.7 ‡Chelmsford 2.9 9.0 6.6 ‡Chichester 3.8 9.6 9.3 ‡Crawley 2.0 6.8 5.9 ‡Eastbourne 3.7 9.8 9.1 ‡Greater London 3.5 10.3 9.2 ‡Guildford 2.1 7.0 5.8 ‡Harlow 30 10.6 9.6 ‡Hastings 5.8 14.5 13.3 ‡Hertford 1.8 6.4 5.3 ‡High Wycombe 1.9 7.3 6.4 ‡Hitchin 2.6 9.9 8.6 ‡Luton 4.0 13.6 12.1 ‡Maidstone 2.9 8.6 7.1 ‡Newport (IOW) 5.2 14.6 14.0 ‡Oxford 3.8 8.5 7.7 ‡Portsmouth 4.9 12.7 12.2 ‡Ramsgate 7.1 15.1 14.4 ‡Reading 2.5 8.6 7.3 ‡Slough 1.9 7.5 7.0 ‡Southampton 3.6 9.8 8.7 ‡Southend-on-Sea 5.6 15.9 15.2 ‡St. Albans 1.8 6.4 6.0 ‡Tunbridge Wells 2.6 7.8 7.6
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May 1979 October 1982* October 1982† ‡Watford 2.3 8.1 7.5 †Worthing 3.6 9.6 9.4 ‡Folkestone 5.9 13.7 13.7 ‡Sittingbourne 5.3 12.9 11.8 East Anglia Bury St. Edmunds 3.2 6.3 7.4 Cambridge 2.4 6.2 5.6 Cromer 8.2 14.7 17.3 Dereham 8.4 16.5 14.7 Diss 4.3 11.5 10.2 Downham Market 6.8 11.7 13.1 Ely 4.6 7.8 9.0 Fakenham 7.2 16.8 11.7 Great Yarmouth 7.2 15.0 15.4 Halesworth 6.6 9.1 10.5 Haverhill 3.1 10.6 10.5 Hunstanton 10.5 21.4 25.0 Huntingdon 3.7 10.3 9.7 Kings Lynn 6.4 13.0 11.2 Leiston 5.4 13.8 13.2 Lowestoft 5.7 16.0 14.8 March 5.1 12.3 11.4 North Walsham 4.6 13.3 10.0 Peterborough 5.0 14.7 14.3 St. Neots 3.2 9.4 8.4 Sudbury 3.8 11.0 9.3 Wisbech 7.4 15.0 14.7 ‡pswich 3.6 9.5 9.3 ‡Norwich 4.1 10.9 10.1 ‡Beccles 4.1 10.3 9.5 ‡Newmarket 3.7 9.1 7.5 ‡Thetford 4.5 12.3 134.7 South West Barnstable 5.6 11.5 10.9 Bath 5.2 9.9 9.7 Bideford 7.8 14.3 13.6 Blandford 4.1 10.2 9.8 Bodmin 6.7 11.6 13.4 Bridport 6.5 12.2 13.6 Bude 9.8 17.1 17.7 Camelford 11.5 18.7 15.1 Chard 4.0 11.3 9.9 Cirencester 3.5 8.9 7.7 Dartmouth 10.8 15.2 14.6 Devises 3.2 9.5 6.7 Dorchester 2.6 5.8 5.3 Dursley 3.3 10.0 8.6 Falmouth 11.4 21.4 21.3 Frome 5.1 12.5 9.6 Gloucester 4.1 10.7 9.9 Helston 15.9 25.5 19.0 Honiton 6.8 12.9 13.8 Ilfracombe 11.9 24.0 24.2 Kingsbridge 9.9 15.0 13.8 Launceston 7.3 12.7 11.3 Midsomer Norton 4.8 13.2 11.0 Minehead 4.3 13.8 13.9 Newquay 9.2 19.9 20.3 Okehampton 6.0 11.0 13.7 Penzance 10.9 18.5 17.4 Shaftesbury 5.7 10.3 8.7 St. Austell 6.5 13.6 13.0 St. Ives 12.5 22.5 19.8 Swindon 5.4 11.7 11.3 Taunton 3.8 8.6 8.8 Tiverton 6.4 13.2 13.5 Truro 7.5 13.3 12.2 Wadebridge 9.7 19.7 17.2 Warminster 4.1 8.7 8.2 Weston-Super-Mare 7.5 15.5 14.3 Weymouth 6.3 12.8 13.3 ‡Bristol 5.3 11.2 10.2 ‡Cheltenham 3.7 8.4 7.7
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May 1979 October 1982* October 1982† ‡Cbippenham 4.2 9.0 8.8 ‡Exeter 5.0 9.7 9.5 ‡Plymouth 7.9 16.4 14.6 ‡Salisbury 4.1 9.3 9.0 ‡Torbay 7.7 16.2 16.1 ‡Trowbridge 3.4 9.0 9.5 ‡Yeovil 3.8 8.1 7.5 ‡Axminster 7.8 15.1 11.6 ‡Bournemouth 4.5 11.9 11.3 ‡Bridgewater 5.7 11.9 13.1 ‡Forest of Dean 3.9 12.6 11.6 ‡Liskeard 7.7 19.4 16.3 ‡Redruth 10.5 18.8 17.5 ‡stroud 4.1 10.9 10.2 ‡Wareham 3.2 10.9 10.7 ‡Wells 2.8 7.8 6.5 West Midlands Burton-on-Trent 3.5 10.5 8.4 Evesham 2.8 8.4 7.2 Hereford 5.2 11.4 11.0 Leamington 3.8 11.3 9.7 Ledbury 5.6 10.9 8.0 Leek 4.0 9.7 9.0 Leominster 6.7 13.0 11.7 Ludlow 6.3 14.8 12.2 Market Drayton 7.0 18.7 16.7 Oswestry 5.4 12.8 12.0 Redditch 4.6 19.2 16.5 Ross-on-Wye 5.8 13.9 11.6 Rugby 4.8 13.7 11.8 Shrewsbury 3.7 12.7 10.1 Stratford-on-Avon 2.7 10.1 9.7 Uttoxeter 3.4 11.4 8.8 Whitchurch 4.3 12.3 11.1 ‡Birmingham 5.7 18.0 16.3 ‡Coventry 6.3 17.6 15.9 ‡Dudley/Sandwell 3.9 16.6 16.2 ‡Kidderminster 5.0 14.2 14.1 ‡Oakengates 7.8 20.5 19.4 ‡Stafford 3.0 9.1 9.4 ‡Stoke-on-Trent 4.1 14.1 13.7 ‡Walsall 5.1 18.9 18.0 ‡Wolverhampton 5.6 18.0 16.7 ‡Worcester 4.3 12.7 12.6 East Midlands Alfreton 4.7 14.8 13.8 Boston 6.5 11.4 10.4 Corby 6.5 21.0 20.3 Gainsborough 7.4 14.2 14.0 Grantham 50 11.6 11.4 Hinckley 3.2 12.9 11.6 Holbeach 5.2 11.1 12.3 Horncastle 6.2 10.8 9.7 Kettering 3.5 13.5 13.4 Lincoln 6.2 12.5 11.5 Loughborough 2.9 9.2 7.3 Louth 4.9 11.8 10.6 Mablethorpe 12.7 22.5 23.5 Mansfield 5.8 12.8 11.8 Market Harborough 2.4 7.4 5.4 Melton Mowbray 4.4 12.7 10.7 Newark 4.3 11.1 12.9 Retford 4.2 10.8 8.4 Rushden 1.7 9.3 6.8 Skegness 10.4 20.2 20.7 Sleaford 6.0 11.4 9.6 Spalding 5.2 8.6 8.5 Sutton-in-Ashfield 3.8 10.3 10.8 Wellingborough 3.9 14.4 13.9 Worksop 5.2 12.5 13.1 ‡Chesterfield 5.0 14.5 12.6 ‡Coalville 3.3 9.6 10.4 ‡Derby 3.4 10.4 10.2
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May 1979 October 1982* October 1982† ‡Leicester 4.7 12.7 11.0 ‡Northampton 3.0 10.1 9.2 ‡Nottingham 4.8 12.3 11.8 ‡Buxton 2.5 11.0 10.4 ‡Matlock 2.3 9.2 7.0 ‡Stamford 4.7 12.3 11.5 Yorkshire and Humberside Bridlington 9.2 18.9 16.8 Driffield 1.9 5.7 8.8 Filey 4.0 10.9 11.3 Goole 6.5 16.2 15.4 Grimsby 6.0 13.9 13.1 Harrogate 3.5 9.0 7.7 Huddersfield 3.8 13.9 13.0 Keighley 4.5 12.9 13.5 Maltby 7.9 18.1 19.0 Malton 4.0 7.7 6.9 Northallerton 3.7 10.3 8.1 Pickering 4.5 6.8 5.5 Richmond 6.7 13.0 11.5 Ripon 3.8 9.7 9.0 Rotherham 7.1 20.0 20.2 Scarborough 6.3 14.3 13.4 Selby 3.7 12.0 9.0 Skipton 2.1 7.2 6.0 Thirsk 3.9 7.9 8.0 Todmorden 4.1 16.4 16.3 Whitby 10.4 22.5 22.1 York 4.0 8.4 8.0 ‡Barnsley 6.4 15.3 15.6 ‡Bradford 6.2 15.6 14.9 ‡Castleford 5.8 13.9 13.3 ‡Dewsbury 4.6 14.8 14.6 ‡Doncaster 7.2 17.1 16.6 ‡Halifax 3.6 13.1 12.6 ‡Hull 7.9 16.4 15.8 ‡Leeds 4.7 13.2 12.1 ‡Mexborough 9.5 22.3 22.7 ‡Scunthorpe 5.3 18.2 16.9 ‡Sheffield 4.5 14.5 13.3 ‡Wakefield 4.9 12.3 11.1 North West Barnoldwick 2.7 10.5 9.0 Chester 5.5 13.6 10.9 Clitheroe 1.7 5.7 6.6 Macclesfield 3.7 11.0 9.5 Rochdale 5.4 18.3 18.1 Southport 7.5 19.1 17.5 St. Helens 7.8 18.4 16.6 ‡Accringrton 4.0 16.5 15.3 ‡Ashton-under-Lyne 4.1 15.3 15.1 ‡Birkenhead 10.1 20.9 19.4 ‡Blackburn 6.0 15.2 13.2 ‡Blackpool 6.4 13.5 12.2 ‡Bolton 5.6 17.2 15.6 ‡Burnley 4.1 13.1 12.8 ‡Bury 4.1 14.3 1.5 ‡Crewe 3.4 10.9 8.6 ‡Lancaster 6.5 14.6 13.5 ‡Leigh 5.7 17.3 15.5 ‡Liverpool 11.8 20.2 18.6 ‡Manchester 5.2 14.5 13.0 ‡Nelson 4.2 15.0 13.8 ‡Northwich 4.3 15.7 15.0 ‡Oldham 3.7 15.0 14.3 ‡Preston 4.7 13.2 11.6 ‡Warrington 50 15.7 13.6 ‡Widnes 9.9 21.0 19.7 ‡Wigan 8.7 19.2 18.3 ‡Ormskirk 10.8 23.0 20.8 ‡Rossendale 4.5 17.4 14.0
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May 1979 October 1982* October 1982† North Barnard Castle 6.2 11.3 9.0 Berwick-on-Tweed 4.4 12.7 11.9 Carlisle 5.0 11.2 10.9 Haltwhistle 4.9 13.7 15.3 Hartlepool 11.8 21.4 20.9 Hexham 4.0 10.3 9.1 Keswick 4.0 8.5 8.8 Penrith 3.8 9.9 8.7 ‡Alnwick 7.4 15.6 18.0 ‡Central Durham 6.3 14.7 14.9 ‡Consett 10.5 27.4 27.0 ‡Darlington and South West Durham 6.1 15.3 14.2 ‡Furness 5.2 11.2 10.9 ‡Morpeth 7.9 16.6 15.2 ‡North Tyne 7.0 14.5 13.8 ‡Peterlee 9.9 19.1 19.0 ‡South Tyne 10.2 19.3 18.5 ‡Teesside 8.5 20.1 19.5 ‡Wearside 11.1 20.5 19.8 ‡Whitehaven 7.1 14.0 13.1 ‡Workington 7.1 19.4 19.3 ‡Kendal 2.6 7.7 6.5 Wales Aberdare 9.0 19.3 18.0 Aberystwyth 5.7 12.7 10.7 Barmouth 3.9 13.9 12.6 Blaenau Ffestiniog 9.2 16.1 14.7 Brecon 4.8 9.7 7.8 Cardigan 13.5 22.1 19.2 Carmarthen 3.6 7.6 6.1 Denbigh 5.7 11.9 9.8 Fishguard 10.1 15.5 12.2 Llandeilo 7.0 15.6 13.7 Llandrindod Wells 5.6 13.3 11.0 Llangollen 7.4 13.5 12.7 Llanrwst 6.3 14.1 11.9 Machynlleth 5.9 15.9 15.7 Monmouth 8.7 20.4 15.8 Newtown 4.3 16.8 13.0 Pembroke Dock 8.9 29.5 30.0 Rhyll 11.7 22.3 20.5 Tenby 9.9 28.0 24.2 Tywyn 9.7 18.8 17.6 Welshpool 4.8 12.4 14.5 ‡Bargoed 11.2 22.0 19.6 ‡Cardiff 7.3 15.2 13.5 ‡Ebbw Vale 11.5 23.5 24.6 ‡Llanelli 6.8 19.0 17.3 ‡Neath 8.1 18.2 16.4 ‡Newport 6.7 15.4 15.4 ‡Pontypool 7.2 16.5 14.0 ‡Pontypridd 8.0 17.1 15.4 ‡Port Talbot 6.5 17.1 15.8 ‡Shotton 6.5 18.6 19.1 ‡Swansea 7.5 17.1 14.7 ‡Wrexham 11.2 20.0 18.1 ‡Caernarvon 8.5 18.3 15.1 ‡Holyhead 12.6 22.1 21.3 ‡Lampeter 13.2 23.3 20.2 ‡Jandudno 6.8 12.9 12.8 ‡Merthyr Tydfil 6.8 16.3 15.5 ‡Milford Haven 7.7 18.0 17.2 ‡Pwllheli 7.6 17.5 15.5 Scotland Aberdeen 3.6 7.7 6.5 Anstruther 8.0 15.9 21.5 Arbroath 9.6 21.3 19.0 Banff 5.8 9.8 9.3 Blairgowrie 7.5 16.4 14.7
May 1979 October 1982* October 1982† Buckie 6.5 16.5 16.4 Campbeltown 11.2 18.8 16.7 Castle Douglas 8.0 14.1 13.4 Cumnock 9.9 19.9 18.0 Cupar 5.9 9.5 9.4 Dundee 8.4 16.1 15.2 Dunoon 4.5 12.9 13.6 Elgin 6.0 12.3 12.0 Eyemouth 7.8 13.1 8.8 Forfar 4.5 9.9 10.4 Forres 10.9 19.9 21.5 Fort William 6.5 15.9 19.0 Fraserburgh 6.0 15.2 15.3 Galashiels 3.0 8.2 7.3 Girvan 10.8 21.5 18.0 Haddington 5.2 9.1 7.3 Hawick 3.6 9.2 8.8 Huntly 4.9 5.7 10.2 Inverness 7.1 10.2 9.4 Kelso 3.4 7.1 9.4 Kilmarnock 8.1 19.7 18.4 Kirkwall 5.8 13.2 11.6 Lerwick 2.7 6.4 4.9 Lochgilphead 7.5 11.9 11.0 Montrose 5.1 10.9 10.5 Nairn 6.5 15.7 13.9 Newton Stewart 12.5 20.5 17.2 Oban 7.1 13.0 10.6 Peebles 2.2 9.3 10.9 Perth 4.8 9.6 9.2 Peterhead 5.9 12.1 10.8 Portree 18.8 22.3 15.1 Rothesay 14.1 23.4 24.8 Sanquhar 14.9 22.0 18.4 St. Andrews 5.2 10.3 8.9 Stornoway 131 27.7 24.7 Stranraer 10.2 18.5 18.8 Thurso 9.5 13.5 14.1 Wick 10.0 15.7 14.1 ‡Bathgate 8.7 16.3 15.4 ‡Bathgate 8.6 22.5 19.5 ‡Dumbarton 10.3 19.8 18.6 ‡Dumfries 6.0 12.9 12.1 ‡Dunfermline 6.9 13.4 13.1 ‡ Edinburgh 5.5 12.4 10.8 ‡Falkirk 6.2 16.7 17.4 ‡Glasgow 8.2 17.1 16.0 ‡Greenock 9.7 17.0 17.1 ‡Irvine 12.1 24.2 23.6 ‡Kirkcaldy 6.9 13.9 13.2 ‡North Lanarkshire 10.6 21.8 19.6 ‡Paisley 7.1 17.7 16.5 ‡Stirling 6.2 15.5 12.5 ‡Dingwall 9.4 19.0 19.5 ‡Lanark 10.7 17.4 18.4 Northern Ireland Armagh 12.3 20.8 19.5 ‡Ballymena 10.4 23.4 21.4 ‡Belfast 8.5 18.8 17.0 ‡Coleraine 12.7 24.0 22.3 Cookstown 20.5 33.0 30.3 ‡Craigavon 9.1 19.1 17.3 ‡Downpatrick 9.8 23.5 21.4 Dungannon 19.2 34.7 32.3 Enniskillen 13.3 24.8 23.1 ‡Londonderry 15.0 28.8 26.9 Newry 19.7 32.9 30.4 Omagh 12.2 22.8 20.8 Strabane 24.6 39.2 36.5 * Registration based (old method) † Claimants based (new method) ‡Travel-to-work area comprising two or more jobcentre areas.