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Keighley, Shipley And Bingley

Volume 975: debated on Wednesday 12 December 1979

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asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the percentage of unemployment in the Keighley, Shipley and Bingley travel-to-work areas for each complete month in the current year.

The following table gives information for the Keighley employment office area and for the Bradford travel-to-work area which comprises the Bradford, Shipley and Bingley employment office areas.

Keighley employment office area Per cent.Bradford travel-to-work area Per cent.
January 19795·17·0
February 19795·16·9
March 19794·96·7
April 19794·56·4
May 19794·56·2
June 19794·76·3
July 19795·57·1
August 19795·27·1
September 19795·06·7
October 1979*5·16·5
November 19795·06·3
*From October 1979 the unemployment figures from which the rates have been calculated are affected by the introduction of fortnightly attendance and payment of benefit. The figures are likely to be slightly higher than they would have been under weekly attendance.