§ Mr. Fatchettasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list for each West Yorkshire travel-to-work area (a) the total number of registered unemployed in January 1985, (b) the percentage of the population that represents, (c) the increase (a) and (b) represent over December 1984, (d) the number of unfilled vacancies at jobcentres in January 1985, (e) the comparative figures for January 1983 and (f) the comparative figures for January 1981.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe available information, which is also in the Library, is as follows:
Travel-to-work area January 1985 Percentage increase since December 1984 Total unemployed claimants Percentage rate* Bradford 32,003 15.9 3.7 Calderdale 10,398 13.3 4.5 Castleford and Pontefract 8,357 14.4 2.3 Huddersfield 11,423 13.8 3.9 Keighley 4,055 13.5 2.8 Leeds 42,742 13.1 4.6 Wakefield and Dewsbury 16,803 14.7 5.6 * Unemployed as a percentage of the sum of employed and unemployed, at June 1984.
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Unfilled vacancies at jobcentres—West Yorkshire January 1985 January 1983 January 1981 Batley 46 45 22 Bingley 62 39 17 Bradford 710 674 281 Bramley 81 131 64 Brighouse 70 37 32 Castleford 66 64 97 Crossgates 52 46 *— Dewsbury 180 113 71 Elland 28 17 15 Halifax 230 165 96 Hemsworth 10 11 7 Horsforth 52 59 33 Huddersfield 251 164 137 Hunslet 77 105 37 Keighley 116 93 79 Knottingly 27 23 11 Leeds 798 824 447 Morley 103 103 37 Normanton 27 22 15 Otley 75 63 44 Pontefract 65 65 41 Rothwell 29 41 3 Seacroft 20 41 24 Shipley 144 65 25 South Elmsall 6 21 9 Sowerbybridge 10 19 13 Spen Valley 48 48 35 Todmorden 41 25 7
January 1985 January 1983 January 1981 Wakefield 241 244 126 Wetherby 43 74 67 Yeadon 74 74 37 * Crossgates jobcentre opened on 2 February 1981.