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Mr. Lofthouse
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average percentage unemployment rate in the Castleford travel-to-work area for 1978, and for each year since.
Mr. Alison
The following table gives for the area specified the annual average percentage rates of unemployment from 1978 to 1981 and the average for the first four months of 1982.
| Per cent. | |
| 1978 | 6·7 |
| 1979 | 6·2 |
| 1980 | 7·9 |
| 1981 | 11·8 |
| 1982* | 12·8 |
| * January to April. | |