HC Deb 03 February 1972 vol 830 cc160-1W
47. Mr. Thomas Cox

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what action he proposes to take to increase job opportunities for young persons in the London area.

Mr. Dudley Smith

The Government's economic measures should increase job opportunities for young people in Greater London. In January, there were 3,169 young people unemployed and 7,214 vacancies.

Mr. O'Halloran

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what plans he has for dealing with the unemployment position in Greater London.

Mr. Dudley Smith

The extensive measures taken by the Government to expand the economy will, given time, reduce unemployment both in London and the country as a whole.

Mr. O'Halloran

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of redundancies notified to his Department in the Greater London area for the 12-month period ended 31st December, 1971; what was the average per month, and what was the average number of vacancies per month notified.

Mr. Bryan

Redundancies involving 68,000 workpeople were notified to my Department in the Greater London area during the 12-month period ended 31st December, 1971. The average number of redundancies notified per month was 5,667 and the number of vacancies notified per month for men and women was 33,932.

Mr. O'Halloran

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men between 60 and 65 years of age were unemployed in the Greater London area at 31st December, 1971.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Information is not available for 31st December but at 10th January there were provisionally 10,788 men aged 60 to 64 years registered as wholly unemployed in Greater London.

Mr. O'Halloran

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons are employed in the hotel and catering industry in Greater London; and how many are currently unemployed in the same industry in Great Britain.

Mr. Dudley Smith

At June, 1970, the latest date for which estimates are available, there were 123,300 employees in employment in the hotel and catering industries in Greater London. At January, 1972, the number of people registered as unemployed in Great Britain who last worked in these industries was 41,495.