§ Dr. Edmund Marshallasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will list for every employment office area in the Yorkshire and Humberside regions the April totals of unemployed men and women, respectively, and the percentage rates of unemployment.
§ Mr. Gummer[pursuant to his reply, 10 May 1983, c. 255]: The following is the information at 14 April. Percentage rates of unemployment are given for the areas, either singly or grouped to form travel-to-work areas.
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Jobcentre areas Numbers Percentage rates Male Female Male Female Barnsley 6,768 3,099 16.7 12.8 Hoyland 636 274 Wombwell 1,148 643 Bradford 18,010 5,288 20.6 8.5 Bingley 573 242 Shipley 1,718 572 Castleford 2,458 1,099 14.5 11.0 Knottingley 914 522 Normanton 648 214 Pontefract 1,926 799 Dewsbury 3,626 1,262 18.4 9.5 Batley 2,136 553 Spen Valley 1,688 677 Doncaster 11,031 4,885 18.8 14.8 Thome 2,562 1,171 Halifax 5,433 1,720 16.7 8.2 Brighouse 901 414 Elland 406 193 Sowerby Bridge 666 263 Hull 16,770 5,578 20.0 10.6 Beverley 966 413 Bransholme 3,109 835 Hessle 1,284 599 Leeds 16,700 5,507 15.4 8.2 Bramley 2,944 1,218 Crossgates 1,531 617 Horsforth 1,314 555 Hunslet 2,312 637 Morley 1,237 605 Otley 853 324 Rothwell 884 443 Seacroft 2,476 890 Wetherby 396 168 Yeadon 643 263
Jobcentre areas Numbers Percentage rates Male Female Male Female Mexborough 2,905 1,293 24.1 19.0 Goldthorpe 1,314 599 Scunthorpe 7,817 2,253 19.1 11.9 Barton.on.Humber 793 270 Sheffield 21,549 6,757 18.0 9.2 Chapeltown 1,496 596 Dinnington 1,583 591 Firth Park 4,097 1,279 Woodhouse 3,997 1,332 Wakefield 4,450 1,605 13.8 8.1 Hemsworth 606 364 South Elmsall 954 501 Bridlington 1,467 532 24.4 11.6 Driffield 418 211 10.5 8.1 Filey 304 141 12.7 8.5 Goole 1,367 622 17.6 12.0 Grimsby 8,907 2,469 19.4 8.0 Harrogate 2,082 808 10.5 4.9 Huddersfield 8,050 3,598 14.8 10.3 Keighley 2,973 1,104 18.8 8.6 Maltby 1,279 526 22.1 14.2 Malton 321 171 6.7 6.3 Northallerton 822 420 8.9 6.4 Pickering 312 161 5.7 5.9 Richmond 686 394 13.5 9.0 Ripon 377 208 9.7 6.8 Rotherham 8,941 3,320 24.9 13.7 Scarborough 2,522 1,121 17.0 9.7 Selby 704 476 8.8 10.9 Skipton 710 358 8.1 5.4 Thirsk 400 221 9.1 6.8 Todmorden 1,110 461 21.3 10.1 Whitby 968 279 32.4 10.5 York 4,668 2,347 9.5 6.7