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Mr. Michael McGuire
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current rate of unemployment in all the new towns in the United Kingdom, giving the male and female unemployment rate, respectively.
Mr. John Fraser
The following table shows the provisional rates of unemployment for employment office areas, singly or grouped to form travel-to-work areas, which include either the whole or parts of the new towns.
| New Town | Male | Female |
| Basildon* | 9·3 | 3·9 |
| Bracknell* | 5·5 | 2·2 |
| Crawley* | 3·4 | 1·4 |
| Harlow* | 5·4 | 3·3 |
| Hatfield* | 4·1 | 1·7 |
| Hemel Hempstead* | 4·5 | 1·6 |
| Milton Keynes: | ||
| Bletchley | 5·6 | 3·5 |
| Wolverton | 6·9 | 5·8 |
| Peterborough | 4·8 | 4·1 |
| Northampton* | 5·5 | 1·7 |
| Stevenage | 6·3 | 2·8 |
| Welwyn Garden City* | Included in Hatfield | |
| Newton Aycliffe* | 6·1 | 4·5 |
| Corby | 7·3 | 6·7 |
| Telford: Oakengates* | 8·9 | 7·6 |
| Peterlee* | 10·8 | 7·5 |
| Central Lancashire: | ||
| Bamber Bridge* | 6·5 | 33 |
| Chorley | ||
| Leyland | ||
| Preston | ||
| Redditch | 7·3 | 3·8 |
| Runcorn* | 9·9 | 6·6 |
| Skelmersdale* | 12·7 | 8·7 |
| Warrington* | 5·8 | 4·2 |
| Washington* | 13·2 | 6·7 |
| Cwmbran* | 9·4 | 4·9 |
| Newtown | 9·3 | 5·0 |
| Cumbernauld | 11·8 | 11·6 |
| East Kilbride* | 10·4 | 10·2 |
| Glenrothes* | 8·9 | 6·9 |
| Irvine* | 11·9 | 7·7 |
| Livingston* | 9·1 | 8·1 |
| *Travel-to-work area. | ||