HC Deb 15 January 1987 vol 108 cc245-8W
Mr. Gordon Brown

asked the Paymaster General if he will publish a table showing the most recent rates of unemployment in (a) all travel-to-work areas receiving regional development grants, (b) all travel-to-work areas receiving only regional selective assistance, (c) travel-to-work areas which receive no assistance but have rates higher than in (a) and (b), and (d) travel-to-work areas which receive no assistance but have rates within 2 per cent. of any in (a) and (b).

Mr. Lee

Following are tables giving the requested information for travel-to-work areas as at 11 December 1986. Table A shows the 42 travel-to-work areas which have development area status; table B the 57 travel-to-work areas which have intermediate area status; table C the 69 travel-to-work areas that receive no assistance but have rates higher than any in tables A or B; and table D shows the other 55 travel-to-work areas that receive no assistance but have rates within 2 per cent. of any in tables A and B.

Table A
Travel-to-work area Number Rate
Newquay 2,814 27.8
Cumnock and Sanquhar 4,556 26.9
Cardigan 1,677 26.1
South Tyneside 15,608 25.7
Helston 1,636 25.2
Lampeter and Aberaeron 1,181 24.8
Penzance and St. Ives 4,104 23.7
South Pembrokeshire 3,258 23.5
Whitby 1,493 23.2
Holyhead 3,982 22.9
Hartlepool 9,571 22.3
Redruth and Camborne 4,714 22.1
Rotherham and Mexborough 23,131 22.1
Falmouth 2,252 21.9
Middlesbrough 28,764 21.8
Lanarkshire 33,366 21.2
Sunderland 36,182 20.9
Bathgate 9,808 20.6
Arbroath 1,929 20.5
Aberdare 3,841 20.5
Liverpool 102,072 19.8
Bishop Auckland 8,425 19.7
Blaenau Gwent and Abergavenny 6,794 19.2
Dumbarton 5,605 19.1
Merthyr and Rhymney 9,825 18.7
Shotton, Flint and Rhyl 12,623 18.4
Wigan and St. Helens 34,306 18.4
Stockton-on-Tees 14,277 18.3
Widnes and Runcorn 11,074 18.2
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 64,361 17.8
Scunthorpe 9,040 17.5
Wirral and Chester 37,824 17.4
Wrexham 7,723 16.9
Workington 4,289 16.7
Pontypridd and Rhondda 10,715 16.6

Travel-to-work area Number Rate
Corby 3,912 16.6
Dundee 15,709 15.8
Neath and Port Talbot 6,910 13.6
Total 559,351 19.4

Table B
Travel-to-work area Number Rate
Forres 766 25.7
Skye and Wester Ross 1,203 25.3
Sutherland 950 24.1
Western Isles 2,354 24.0
Girvan 876 23.6
Lochaber 1,850 23.2
Pwllheli 1,237 22.2
Fishguard 714 21.9
Invergordon and Dingwall 3,098 21.2
Badenoch 790 21.1
Newton Stewart 705 21.0
Dunoon and Bute 1,627 20.6
Barnsley 15,780 20.0
Doncaster 20,725 19.8
Bodmin and Liskeard 3,862 19.6
Telford and Bridgnorth 11,662 19.2
Porthmadoc and Ffestiniog 1,189 19.1
Campbeltown 834 18.9
Alloa 3,557 18.5
Morpeth and Ashington 8,770 18.3
Stranraer 1,517 18.1
Bangor and Caernarfon 5,004 18.1
Bude 1,039 18.1
Haverfordwest 3,801 17.9
Wolverhampton 24,770 17.8
Llanelli 5,814 17.8
Kirkcaldy 11,596 17.4
Wick 819 17.0
Walsall 25,680 17.0
Hull 30,399 16.8
Gainsborough 2,068 16.6
Rochdale 10,297 16.6
Dudley and Sandwell 44,995 16.5
Dunfermline 8,365 16.4
Bridgend 8,858 16.4
Falkirk 11,094 16.3
Sheffield 46,951 16.2
Bolton and Bury 27,776 15.8
Birmingham 118,952 15.8
Cinderford and Ross-on-Wye 4,087 15.6
Grimsby 12,258 15.4
Newport 12,558 15.3
Pontypool and Cwmbran 5,666 14.9
Blackburn 9,656 14.8
Plymouth 18,366 14.8
Kidderminster 5,427 14.8
Bradford 30,413 14.8
Coventry and Hinckley 36,035 14.8
Swansea 16,502 14.6
Ayr 7,102 14.4
Stewartry 1,065 14.0
Darlington 6,766 13.9
Manchester1 107,986 13.9
Oldham 11,500 13.8
Cardiff 27,901 13.7
Durham 8,650 13.4
Accrington and Rossendale 5,948 13.2
TOTAL 800,230 15.7
1Only part of Manchester travel-to-work area has intermediate status.

Table C
Travel-to-work area Number Rate
1 Skegness 2,873 25.0
2 Thanet 8,270 20.5
3 Alnwick and Amble 2,107 20.0
4 Great Yarmouth 8,205 19.3
5 Machynlleth 590 18.8
6 Torbay 8,401 18.5
7 Oban 1,351 18.4
8 Bideford 1,713 18.3
9 Clacton 3,615 18.1
10 Dartmouth and Kingsbridge 1,248 17.7
11 Bridlington and Driffield 3,228 17.7
12 Worksop 4,267 17.6
13 Louth and Mablethorpe 2,216 17.6
14 Buckie 695 17.2
15 Dolgellau and Barmouth 762 17.0
16 Isle of Wight 7,499 16.8
17 Blairgowire and Pitlochry 1,677 16.7
18 Goole and Selby 4,548 16.6
19 Minehead 1,524 16.5
20 Llandeilo 562 16.3
21 Islay/Mid Argyll 761 16.3
22 Lowestoft 5,224 16.3
23 Scarborough and Filey 4,909 16.0
24 Cromer and North Walsham 2,751 15.8
25 Conwy and Colwyn 4,983 15.8
26 Blackpool 18,728 15.7
27 Annan 1,270 15.4
28 Castleford and Pontefract 8,847 15.4
29 St. Austell 3,555 15.4
30 Chesterfield 11,327 15.4
31 Lancaster and Morecambe 7,492 15.3
32 Folkestone 4,729 15.3
33 Barnstaple and Ilfracombe 3,734 15.3
34 Totnes 952 15.1
35 Peterhead 2,012 15.1
36 Berwickshire 729 15.1
37 Torrington 572 15.0
38 Mansfield 9,140 15.0
39 Lockerbie 600 14.9
40 Launceston 959 14.8
41 Wisbech 2,471 14.7
42 Crieff 517 14.6
43 Wakefield and Dewsbury 16,748 14.6
44 Sittingbvourne and Sheerness 5,660 14.5
45 Brechin and Montrose 1,868 14.3
46 Harwich 1,161 14.2
47 Llandrindod Wells 1,067 14.2
48 Denbigh 1,260 14.2
49 Keswick 453 14.1
50 Horncastle and Market Rasen 1,565 14.1
51 Weston-super-Mare 5,172 14.1
52 Orkney Islands 951 14.1
53 Inverness 5,301 14.0
54 Banff 1,104 13.9
55 Retford 2,786 13.9
56 Lincoln 8,551 13.9
57 Huntly 433 13.8
58 Hastings 6,577 13.8
59 Keith 723 13.8
60 Fraserburgh 852 13.7
61 Bridgwater 3,996 13.7
62 Whitchurch and Market Drayton 1,864 13.7
63 Pendle 4,235 13.7
64 Stirling 4,761 13.6
65 Newton Abbot 3,204 13.6
66 Ludlow 1,514 13.4
67 Thurso 806 13.3
68 Richmondshire 1,590 13.3
69 Elgin 2,074 13.2
Total 247,889 15.6

Table D
Travel-to-work area Number Rate
1 Fakenham 1,439 13.2
2 Northwich 6,093 13.1
3 Newark 3,055 13.1
4 Nottingham 43,720 13.1
5 Huddersfield 10,986 13.1
6 Bridport 955 13.1
7 Southend 31,731 13.1
8 Thirsk 581 13.0
9 Dover and Deal 4,895 12.9
10 Barrow-in-Furness 4,649 12.8
11 Oswestry 1,643 12.8
12 Burnley 5,658 12.8
13 Warrington 9,873 12.7
14 Malvern and Ledbury 2,442 12.7
15 Calderdale 9,992 12.6
16 Peterborough 11,574 12.6
17 Welshpool 850 12.6
18 Canterbury 5,632 12.6
19 Okehampton 558 12.5
20 Truro 2,718 12.5
21 Keighley 3,800 12.5
22 Alfreton and Ashfield 7,140 12.5
23 Monmouth 611 12.5
24 Tiverton 1,173 12.4
25 Milton Keynes 8,878 12.4
26 Newtown 1,022 12.3
27 Beccles and Halesworth 1,670 12.3
28 Grantham 2,692 12.3
29 Gosport and Fareham 6,358 12.3
30 Sleaford 1,321 12.2
31 King's Lynn and Hunstanton 5,072 12.2
32 Portsmouth 19,539 12.1
33 Whitehaven 3,709 12.1
34 Bournemouth 11,826 12.1
35 Stoke 23,248 12.1
36 Derby 17,769 12.0
37 Forfar 1,330 12.0
38 Boston 2,919 12.0
39 North East Fife 2,033 12.0
40 Leeds 40,022 12.0
41 Windermere 724 12.0
42 Burton-on-Trent 7,191 11.9
43 Aberystwyth 1,402 11.9
44 Berwick-on-Tweed 1,109 11.9
45 Carlisle 6,004 11.7
46 Edinburgh 35,606 11.7
47 Thetford 2,353 11.6
48 South Molton 473 11.6
49 Hereford and Leominster 5,062 11.5
50 Hexham 1,571 11.5
51 Brighton 18,585 11.4
52 Southampton 20,255 11.4
53 Medway and Maidstone 24,428 11.3
54 Peebles 536 11.3
55 Swindon 9,965 11.3
Total 456,440 12.2