§
Mr. Alison
[pursuant to his reply, 28 July 1982]: The following table gives the provisional rates of unemployment at 8 July for the areas specified in the recent review carried out by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Industry:
|
Per cent. |
| South-West |
|
| Okehampton |
10.5 |
| East Midlands |
|
| Alfreton |
16.5 |
| Sutton in Ashfield |
10.5 |
| Worksop |
12.8 |
| *Chesterfield |
14.4 |
| *Buxton |
11.8 |
| Horncastle |
11.2 |
| Louth |
11.7 |
| West Midlands |
|
| Oswestry |
12.5 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside |
|
| Driffield |
7.5 |
665W
|
Per cent. |
| Filey |
5.4 |
| Harrogate |
8.4 |
| Huddersfield |
13.5 |
| Keighley |
13.3 |
| Malton |
6.9 |
| Northallerton |
10.6 |
| Pickering |
6.0 |
| Ripon |
9.2 |
| Selby |
11.0 |
| Skipton |
7.0 |
| Thirsk |
8.2 |
| Todmorden |
15.0 |
| York |
8.1 |
| *Castleford |
13.6 |
| *Dewsbury |
15.2 |
| *Halifax |
13.1 |
| *Leeds |
12.3 |
| *Sheffield |
13.5 |
| *Wakefield |
11.9 |
| North West |
|
| *Accrington |
16.6 |
| *Ashton under Lyne |
15.0 |
| Barnoldswick |
11.7 |
| *Blackburn |
15.2 |
| *Burnley |
13.6 |
| *Bury |
14.8 |
| Chester |
13.2 |
| Clitheroe |
6.0 |
| *Crewe |
10.9 |
| Macclesfield |
10.8 |
| *Manchester |
14.0 |
| *Nelson |
15.6 |
| *Oldham |
15.8 |
| *†Ormskirk |
23.8 |
| *Preston |
13.0 |
| *Warrington |
15.4 |
| North |
|
| *Furness |
11.8 |
| *Kendal |
7.3 |
| Barnard Castle |
11.7 |
| Berwick |
11.0 |
| Carlisle |
11.7 |
| Hexham |
9.8 |
| Keswick |
8.4 |
| Penrith |
9.8 |
| Haltwhistle |
13.6 |
| Wales |
|
| Aberystwyth |
10.7 |
| Barmouth |
11.3 |
| Brecon |
8.7 |
| Carmarthen |
7.2 |
| Llandeilo |
12.4 |
| Llandrindod Wells |
11.2 |
| Machynlleth |
13.0 |
| Newtown |
15.6 |
| Tywyn |
14.4 |
| Welshpool |
12.0 |
| Scotland |
|
| Aberdeen |
7.1 |
| Banff |
9.3 |
| Buckie |
16.2 |
| Cupar |
11.2 |
| *Dumfries |
13.3 |
| *Edinburgh |
11.8 |
| Elgin |
12.4 |
| Eyemouth |
14.2 |
| Forfar |
11.9 |
| Fraserburgh |
13.1 |
| Galashiels |
8.1 |
| Haddington |
9.2 |
| Hawick |
9.3 |
| Huntley |
9.5 |
| Kelso |
6.9 |
| Montrose |
10.3 |
| Peebles |
8.3 |
666W
|
Per cent. |
| Perth |
9.7 |
| Peterhead |
11.0 |
| St. Andrews |
10.4 |
| * Travel-to-work area comprising two or more employment office areas. |
| † Skelmersdale New Town, which is part of the Ormskirk travel-to-work area, will retain Special Development Area Status. |