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Mr. Wigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing (a) the latest average unemployment rate in development areas in Wales and (b) the unemployment rate on the same date for each travel-to-work area which had an unemployment rate higher than the average for development areas in Wales, denoting which of the areas have in their territory a development area.
Mr. David Hunt
The information requested is given in the table:
| Per cent.1 | Status | |
| (a)Average for development areas in Wales | 7·1 | |
| (b) Travel-to-work areas with a higher unemployment rate than the average for the development areas in Wales: | ||
| Aberdare | 10·3 | DA |
| Holyhead | 9·7 | DA |
| Merthyr and Rhymney | 9·4 | DA |
| Bangor and Caernarfon | 9·0 | IA |
| Blaenau Gwent and Abergavenny | 8·5 | DA |
| South Pembrokeshire | 8·1 | DA |
| Llanelli | 8·0 | IA |
| Pwllheli | 7·6 | IA |
| Pontypridd and Rhondda | 7·5 | DA |
| Haverfordwest | 7·4 | IA |
| 1 Workforce-based unemployment rate, per cent., April 1990. | ||
| DA denotes development area. | ||
| IA denotes intermediate area. | ||
Note: Development areas are defined in terms of "Travel-to-Work areas".