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Mr. Penhaligon
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list for the month of May the percentage registered as unemployed for each travel-to-work area in Cornwall.
Mr. Golding
Following is the information at 11th May:
| (Thousands) | |||||||
| Employment office or travel-to-work area | June 1968 | June 1971(a) | June 1971(b) | June 1976 | |||
| Bodmin | … | … | … | 3·7 | 4·0 | 4·4 | 6·0 |
| Bude | … | … | … | 3·1 | 3·3 | 3·9 | 4·3 |
| Camelford | … | … | … | 1·7 | 1·4 | 2·0 | 2·3 |
| Falmouth | … | … | … | 9·1 | 8·6 | 9·8 | 10·0 |
| Helston | … | … | … | 3·9 | 4·1 | 4·7 | 4·7 |
| Launceston | … | … | … | 3·7 | 3·9 | 4·1 | 4·7 |
| Liskeard and Looe | … | … | … | 4·7 | 4·3 | 4·9 | 5·9 |
| Newquay | … | … | … | 8·3 | 6·3 | 7·9 | 8·6 |
| Penzance | … | … | … | 10·4 | 9·1 | 9·2 | 9·5 |
| Redruth, Camborne and Hayle | … | … | … | 16·5 | 17·4 | 18·5 | 19·7 |
| St. Austell | … | … | … | 16·2 | 18·1 | 18·5 | 19·3 |
| St. Ives | … | … | … | 1·9 | 2·3 | 2·7 | 3·0 |
| Truro | … | … | … | 10·2 | 12·7 | 12·3 | 15·4 |
| Wadebridge | … | … | … | 3·0 | 2·2 | 2·7 | 3·2 |
Notes:
The estimates for June 1968 and June 1971( a) are derived from counts of national insurance cards and are not comparable with those for June 1971( b) and June 1976 which are from censuses of employment.
Information has not been given for Saltash, which is pail of the Plymouth travel-to-work area.