§ Mr. Tom Coxasked the Paymaster General what is the present number of people registered as unemployed in the London borough of Wandsworth and the number of job vacancies registered at local jobcentres.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. On 9 October 1986 there were 16,061 unemployed272W claimants in the London borough of Wandsworth. On 3 October 1986 the number of unfilled vacancies at the Balham, Clapham Junction and Tooting jobcentres, which cover an area closely correspnding to the London borough of Wandsworth, was 1,038.
§ Mr. Winnickasked the Paymaster General if he will list the travel-to-work areas in the United Kingdom where unemployment is above the national average, giving in each case the number of jobless now and in May 1979, and the percentage increase.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. The table shows the travel-to-work areas in the 'United Kingdom where the unemployment percentage rate is above the United Kingdom rate of 13.1 per cent. in October 1986. It is not possible to give comparable figures with May 1979 because of the revision of travel-to-work area boundaries in 1984 and changes in the way the figures are collected. All the unemployment percentage rates show the unemployed as a percentage of employees in employment plus the unemployed.
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Unemployed Claimants—9 October 1986 Travel-to-Work Area Number Percentage rate 1984 Great Britain Forres 792 26.5 Cumnock and Sanquhar 4,383 25.9 South Tyneside 15,573 25.6 Cardigan 1,629 25.3 Irvine 11,493 24.2 Newquay 2,367 23.4 Western Isles 2,284 23.3 Holyhead 4,038 23.2 Skegness 2,658 23.1 Girvan 851 22.9 Lampeter and Aberaeron 1,083 22.7 Helston 1,455 22.4 Rotherham and Mexborough 23,213 22.1 Hartlepool 9,359 21.8 Middlesbrough 28,712 21.8 Redruth and Camborne 4,581 21.5 Whitby 1,370 21.3 Bathgate 10,077 21.2 Lanarkshire 33,180 21.1 Sutherland 826 21.0 Penzance and St. Ives 3,625 21.0 Sunderland 36,355 21.0 Invergordon and Dingwall 3,040 20.8 Greenock 9,971 20.6 Aberdare 3,855 20.5 Falmouth 2,112 20.5 Pwllheli 1,142 20.5 Doncaster 21,129 20.2 Fishguard 660 20.2 Barnsley 15,911 20.1 Bishop Auckland 8,552 20.0 Liverpool 102,951 20.0 Skye and Wester Ross 952 20.0 Newton Stewart 669 19.9 Blaenau Gwent and Abergavenny 7,038 19.9 Thanet 8,026 19.9 Telford and Bridgnorth 12.019 19.7 Merthyr and Rhymney 10,163 19.3 Lochaber 1,528 19.2 Wigan and St. Helens 35,379 19.0 Widnes and Runcorn 11,335 18.7 Bangor and Caernarfon 5,141 18.6 Arbroath 1,743 18.5 Shotton, Flint and Rhyl 12,642 18.4 Wolverhampton 25,548 18.4 Morpeth and Ashington 8,811 18.4 Dumbarton 5,404 18.4 Llanelli 5,975 18.3 Stockton-on-Tees 14,250 18.2 South Pembrokeshire 2,534 18.2 Dunoon and Bute 1,423 18.1 Clacton 3,612 18.0 Alloa 3,468 18.0 Bideford 1,684 18.0 Cambeltown 790 17.9 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 64,614 17.9 Corby 4,199 17.8 Porthmadoc and Ffestiniog 1,106 17.8 Alnwick and Amble 1,868 17.7 Bodmin and Liskeard 3,451 17.5 Great Yarmouth 7,435 17.5 Workington 4,459 17.4 Wirral and Chester 37,875 17.4 Kirkcaldy 11,595 17.4 Kilmarnock 5,479 17.3 Walsall 26,150 17.3 Scunthorpe 8,918 17.3 Buckie 697 17.2 Glasgow 113,412 17.2 Stranraer 1,431 17.1 Bude 984 17.1 Worksop 4,146 17.1 Rochdale 10,592 17.0 275W
Travel-to-Work Area Number Percentage rate Dudley and Sandwell 46,476 17.0 Wrexham 7,730 17.0 Hull 30,714 16.9 Louth and Mablethorpe 2,104 16.7 Pontypridd and Rhondda 10,735 16.7 Torbay 7,537 16.6 Gainsborough 2,054 16.5 Bridgend 8,876 16.4 Llandeilo 565 16.4 Bolton and Bury 28,792 16.4 Machynlleth 514 16.4 Dunfermline 8,321 16.3 Dundee 16,061 16.2 Sheffield 47,030 16.2 Falkirk 11,018 16.2 Birmingham 121,897 16.1 Goole and Selby 4,400 16.1 Cinderford and Ross-on-Wye 4,202 16.0 Wick 767 16.0 Bridlington and Driffield 2,899 15.9 Castleford and Pontefract 9,062 15.8 Pontypool and Cwmbran 5,931 15.6 Newport 12,833 15.6 Dolgellau and Barmouth 697 15.5 Oban 1,136 15.5 Chesterfield 11,284 15.3 Haverfordwest 3,228 15.2 Kidderminster 5,534 15.1 Coventry and Hinckley 36,807 15.1 Badenoch 564 16.1 Lowestoft 4,841 15.1 Blackburn 9,804 15.1 Isle of Wight 6,715 15.1 Plymouth 18,585 15.0 Bradford 30,738 15.0 Swansea 16,935 15.0 Lancaster and Morecambe 7,313 15.0 Mansfield 9,145 15.0 Grimsby 11,860 14.9 St. Austell 3,418 14.8 Conwy and Colwyn 4,670 14.8 Wakefield and Dewsbury 17,039 14.8 Dartmouth and Kingsbridge 1,042 14.8 Scarborough and Filey 4,524 14.8 Annan 1,205 14.7 Folkestone 4,525 14.6 Peterhead 1,912 14.3 Darlington 6,977 14.3 Cromer and North Walsham 2,484 14.3 Torrington 544 14.3 Wisbech 2,393 14.3 Berwickshire 689 14.2 Sittingbourne and Sheerness 5,523 14.2 Blairgowrie and Pitlochry 1,415 14.1 Pendle 4,347 14.0 Weston-super-Mare 5,143 14.0 Cardiff 28,432 14.0 Neath and Port Talbot 7,098 14.0 Barnstable and Ilfracombe 3,425 14.0 Islay/Mid Argyll 653 14.0 Manchester 108,390 13.9 Ayr 6,859 13.9 Oldham 11,532 13.9 Harwich 1,129 13.8 Lincoln 8,516 13.8 Denbigh 1,230 13.8 Bridgwater 4,005 13.7 Whitchurch and Market Drayton 1,859 13.7 Llandrindod Wells 1,024 13.6 Fraserburgh 845 13.6 Totnes 857 13.6 Durham 8,796 13.6 Retford 2,714 13.5 Launceston 872 13.5 Accrington and Rossendale 6,081 13.5 Newton Abbot 3,160 13.4
Travel-to-Work Area Number Percentage rate Inverness 5,077 13.4 Crieff 473 13.4 Huddersfield 11,202 13.4 Monmouth 651 13.3 Burnley 5,888 13.3 Southend 32,290 13.3 Hastings 6,329 13.3 Blackpool 15,768 13.3 Richmondshire 1,585 13.2 Stirling 4,614 13.2 Nottingham 43,907 13.2 Stewartry 1,004 13.2 Horncastle and Market Rasen 1,461 13.2 Northern Ireland Ballymena 3,652 16.8 Belfast 64,951 19.0 Coleraine 7,781 28.1 Cookstown 2,741 36.6 Craigavon 11,768 21.6 Dungannon 4,041 30.8 Enniskillen 4,580 28.1 Londonderry 12,860 29.5 Magherafelt 2,999 30.1 Newry 7,778 32.8 Omagh 3,601 24.3 Strabane 3,883 38.4