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Mr. Silvester
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will detail for Scotland and Wales separately and for each English economic planning region for which it is relevant, the number of people unemployed in development and special development areas and the proportion of such people to the total unemployed in the region.
| Numbers registered as unemployed in development areas including special development areas (1) | Figure in column (1) expressed as a percentage of the number registered as unemployed in the region (2) | |||||
| Scotland | … | … | … | … | 158,028 | 100·0 |
| Wales | … | … | … | … | 64,932 | 81·7 |
| South-West | … | … | … | … | 16,989 | 16·1 |
| North-West | … | … | … | … | 81,100 | 41·3 |
| North | … | … | … | … | 104,604 | 100·0 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | … | … | … | … | 4,378 | 3·9 |
Mr. Silvester
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will detail for Scotland and Wales separately and for each English economic planning region for which it is relevant the number of people employed in development and
| Number of employees in employment in development areas including special development areas (1) | Figure in column (1) expressed as a percentage of all employees in employment in the region (2) | ||||
| Scotland | … | … | … | 2,076,000 | 100·0 |
| Wales | … | … | … | 826,000 | 82·8 |
| South-West Region | … | … | … | 151,000 | 9·9 |
| North-West Region | … | … | … | 697,000 | 26·1 |
| Northern Region | … | … | … | 1,266,000 | 100·0 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside Region | … | … | … | 71,000 | 3·6 |