§ Mr. William PowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the male and female rate of unemployment in each(a) development area and (b) intermediate area in April for Great Britain.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. The tables show the number of unemployed male and female claimants, expressed as a percentage of employees in employment plus the unemployed for each development area and intermediate area in Great Britain on 8 April 1988.
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Unemployment rate April 1988 Region and development areas Male Female South West Falmouth 18.60 13.10 Helston 22.00 13.20 Newquay 23.10 17.30 Penzance and St. Ives 21.30 12.00 Redruth and Camborne 20.10 13.00 East Midlands Corby 11.70 9.30 Yorkshire and Humberside Rotherham and Mexborough 24.20 12.20 Scunthorpe 15.60 9.70 Whitby 21.10 10.30 North West Liverpool 24.50 10.90 Widnes and Runcorn 19.30 11.70 Wigan and St. Helens 20.00 10.50 Wirral and Chester 20.70 9.80 Workington 13.70 12.10 North Bishop Auckland 20.30 11.20 Hartlepool 26.10 12.10 Middlesbrough 24.60 10.70 Newcastle upon Tyne 18.30 8.60 South Tyneside 27.50 13.40 Stockton on Tees 18.60 10.70 Sunderland 22.90 11.20 Wales Aberdare 28.20 12.80 Blaenau Gwent and Abergavenney 21.50 9.60 Cardigan 22.50 20.90 Holyhead 22.10 16.70 Lampeter and Aberaeron 18.80 11.80 Merthyr and Rhymney 21.60 11.70 Neath and Port Talbot 15.30 11.20 Pontypridd and Rhondda 20.00 9.20 Shotton, Flint and Rhyl 16.10 10.10 South Pembrokeshire 24.70 16.90 Wrexham 14.60 9.80 Scotland Arbroath 21.50 14.50 Bathgate 19.50 10.80 Cumnock and Sanquhar 33.60 16.70 Dumbarton 21.40 14.50 Dundee 17.20 9.30 Glasgow 20.30 9.60 Greenock 25.10 11.70 Irvine 25.90 13.80 Kilmarnock 20.10 10.00 Lanarkshire 22.20 11.30
Region and intermediate areas Male Female South West Bodmin and Liskeard 15.00 9.90 Bude 13.70 12.60 Cinderford and Ross on Wye 10.70 10.40 Plymouth 14.60 9.20 West Midlands Birmingham 14.60 8.60 Coventry and Hinkley 12.80 9.20 Dudley and Sandwell 14.20 9.60 Kidderminster 10.30 8.40 Telford and Bridgenorth 15.20 10.80 Walsall 14.40 9.00 Wolverhampton — — East Midlands Gainsborough 15.30 10.70 Yorkshire and Humberside Barnsley 22.30 10.00 Bradford 14.20 7.20 Doncaster 20.70 12.40 Grimsby 16.40 8.20 Hull 16.30 8.80 Sheffield 17.10 9.20 North West Accrington and Rossendale 12.70 8.20 Blackburn 14.60 7.30 Bolton and Bury 16.50 8.80 Manchester 15.00 7.40 Oldham 14.80 9.10 Rochdale 15.00 9.00 North Darlington 14.70 9.00 Durham 14.30 7.60 Morpeth and Ashington 19.40 8.70 Wales Bangor and Caernarfon 19.70 10.80 Bridgend 17.40 8.90 Cardiff 15.20 6.70 Fishguard 18.70 19.30 Haverfordwest 19.90 11.60 Llanelli 17.90 12.00 Newport 15.40 8.70 Pontypool and Cwmbran 15.80 10.00 Porthmadoc and Ffestiniog 13.40 8.80 Pwhelli 21.00 15.70 Swansea 18.70 8.60 Scotland Alloa 22.50 12.50 Ayr 16.10 10.30 Badenoch 15.60 9.80 Campbeltown 22.90 13.70 Dunfermline 15.50 11.10 Dunoon and Bute 19.10 13.20 Falkirk 16.00 11.70 Forres 24.20 18.00 Girvan 29.90 16.50 Invergordon and Dingwall 29.90 12.70 Kirkcaldy 21.40 10.90 Lochaber 17.60 10.60 Newton Stewart 20.00 16.40 Skye and Wester Ross 20.90 14.90 Stewartry 11.40 9.60 Stranraer 19.50 14.10 Western Isles 28.00 11.40 Sutherland 22.00 13.10 Wick 24.50 7.10
§ Mr. William PowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of job vacancies advertised in each(a) assisted development area and (b) intermediate area in April.
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§ Mr. LeeThe table shows the number of unfilled vacancies, excluding vacancies on the community programme, registered at jobcentres approximately corresponding to each of the development areas and intermediate areas in Great Britain on 8 April 1988. Nationally only about a third of all vacancies are reported to jobcentres; this proportion is likely to vary between areas.
Unfilled Vacancies—April 1988 Region and Development Areas Number South West Falmouth 222 Helston 129 Newquay 522 Penzance and St. Ives 541 Redruth and Camborne 318 East Midlands Corby 566 Yorkshire and Humberside Rotherham and Mexborough 539 Scunthorpe 452 Whitby 87 North West Liverpool 2,907 Widnes and Runcorn 380 Wigan and St. Helens 1,077 Wirral and Chester 1,696 North Workington 167 Bishop Auckland 612 Hartlepool 199 Middlesbrough 982 Newcastle upon Tyne 3,642 South Tyneside 222 Stockton on Tees 648 Sunderland 1,331 Wales Aberdare 138 Blanau Gwent and Abergavenny 432 Cardigan 177 Holyhead 156 Lampeter and Aberaeron 61 Merthyr and Rhymney 488 Neath and Port Talbot 642 Pontypridd and Rhondda 618 Shotton, Flint and Rhyl 993 South Pembrokeshire 221 Wrexham 467 Scotland Arbroath 71 Bathgate 585 Cumnock and Sanquhar 178 Dundee 462 Glasgow 4,525 Greenock 262 Irvine 1,421 Kilmarnock 536 Lanarkshire 1,175
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Unfilled vacancies—April 1988 Region and intermediate areas Number South West Bodmin and Liskeard 336 Bude 74 Cinderford and Ross on Wye 412 Plymouth 1,250 West Midlands Birmingham 8,284
Region and intermediate areas Number Coventry and Hinkley 1,577 Dudley and Sandwell 2,705 Kidderminster 660 Telford and Bridgenorth 1,044 Walsall 853 Wolverhampton 675 East Midlands Gainsborough 135 Yorkshire and Humberside Barnsley 289 Bradford 1,875 Doncaster 382 Grimsby 335 Hull 1,431 Sheffield 772 North West Accrington and Rossendale 556 Blackburn 716 Bolton and Bury 6,194 Oldham 605 Rochdale 477 North Darlington 475 Durham 545 Morpeth and Ashington 553 Wales Bangor and Caernarfon 373 Bridgend 483 Cardiff 1,457 Fishguard 0 Haverfordwest 284 Llanelli 499 Newport 536 Pontypool and Cwmbrian 353 Porthmadoc and Ffestiniog 119 Pwhelli 171 Swansea 1,163 Scotland Alloa 148 Ayr 562 Badenoch 530 Campletown 25 Dunfermline 226 Dunoon and Bute 109 Falkirk 559 Forres 39 Girvan 101 Invergordon and Dingwall 70 Kirkcaldy 426 Lochaber 183 Newton Stewart 46 Skye and Wester Ross 154 Stewartry 48 Stranraer 67 Western Isles 69 Sutherland; Wick 163
§ Mr. PendryTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many job vacancies were registered at jobcentres in Tameside at the most recent available date.
§ Mr. LeeOn 8 April 1988 there were 548 unfilled vacancies, excluding community programme vacancies, at jobcentres covering an area closely corresponding to the Tameside local authority district.