§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for Employment what funds are available for retraining people made redundant in the footwear industry in Burton-on-Trent.
§ Mr. John FraserI am advised by the Manpower Services Commission that there are no funds specifically for the retraining of people made redundant in the footwear industry in Burton-on-Trent. The resources of the training opportunities scheme, however, are available to redundant workers in the footwear industry, as elsewhere, and I hope that many of them will take advantage of these. In addition, a series of special training
NOTIFIED UNFILLED VACANCIES IN CHESHIRE July 1974 July 1975 July 1972 July 1973 Employment Offices Careers Offices Employment Offices Careers Offices Chester … 273 491 477 135 215 21 Congleton … 9 73 94 157 59 60 Crewe … 247 408 236 97 202 49 Nantwich … 28 49 53 — 60 — Sandbach … 22 86 144 — 49 — Ellesmere Port … 112 358 221 62 75 22 Neston … 22 36 62 — 25 — Macclesfield … 188 416 295 197 111 100 Northwich … 107 326 139 119 56 48 Middlewich … 39 65 29 — 24 — Winsford … 49 113 153 — 99 — Warrington … 457 1,004 957 55 380 31 Widnes … 39 164 130 65 50 5 Runcorn … 120 186 197 — 102 16 Wilmslow … 210 324 113 119 135 65 Since April 1974, vacancies notified to employment offices include some suitable for younger job seekers, and those notified to careers offices include some suitable for adults. Because of possible duplication, the figures for employment offices and careers offices should not be added together from 1974.
§ Mr. Goodladasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many people currently notified as unemployed at each of the local employment exchanges in Cheshire have been continuously out of employment for up to two months, between two and six months, between six and 12 months, between one and two years, and over two years, respectively; and what these figures represent as a percentage of the total insurable population;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report the number of those registered as unemployed in each of the local employment exchanges in Cheshire at the most recent convenient date; what these figures 88W measures have been announced to maintain the level of training in industry during the recession.