Ormskirk, Kirkby and Merseyside (Hansard, 11 December 1975)

§ Mr. Kilroy-Silk
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers are currently on short-time in Ormskirk.

§ Mr. John Fraser
In the week commencing 10th November 1975, 236 workers were known by my Department to be on short-time working in the Ormskirk employment office area.

§ Mr. Kilroy-Silk
asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many unfilled vacancies there are in each of the main occupational groups in Ormskirk; and what this represents as a percentage of the unemployed in each group;
(2)how many men and women are unemployed in each occupational group in Ormskirk;
(3)how many unfilled vacancies there are in each of the main occupational groups in Kirkby and on Merseyside, respectively; and what these are as a percentage of toltal unemployed in each group.

§ Mr. John Fraser
The following table shows the numbers of unemployed and of unfilled vacancies. The vacancy statistics relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and are not a measure of total vacancies. A considerable number of unemployed are registered as general labourers, thus indicating that they could do a variety of unskilled work, and are considered for all suitable vacancies and not just those for labourers. For this reason ratios of the numbers of notified vacancies to unemployed are not calculated for the occupational groups.
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September 1975

Ormskirk Kirkby Merseyside Special Development Area

Notified unfilled vacancies Unemployed Notified unfilled vacancies Unemployed Notified unfilled vacancies Unemployed

Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females

Managerial (general management) … … … — — — — — — — — 9 — 64 21

Professional and related supporting management and administration … … … — — 1 3 — — — — 181 12 305 52

Professional and related in education, welfare and health — 5 5 6 — — 4 7 53 136 176 234

Literary, artistic and sports … … … 1 — 3 1 — — 5 2 5 2 175 57

Professional and related in science, engineering, technology and similar fields — — 3 4 1 — 8 1 210 2 472 56

Managerial (excluding general management) … … … 1 — 8 — — — 14 — 159 25 655 41

Clerical and related … … … 1 4 59 53 10 24 64 221 122 354 3,279 4,725

Selling … … … 6 3 15 7 16 48 23 137 201 164 829 1,668

Security and protective service … … … 3 — 4 — 1 1 17 — 32 3 262 5

Catering, cleaning, hairdressing and other personal service — 8 5 11 4 18 54 53 155 413 756 983

Farming, fishing and related … … … 1 — 6 — — — 7 1 7 1 114 15

Materials processing (excluding metal) (hides, textiles, chemicals, food, drink and tobacco, wood, paper and board, rubber and plastics) — — 1 — 2 — 30 4 16 1 466 30

Making and repairing (excluding metal and electrical) (glass, ceramics, printing, paper products, clothing, footwear, woodworking, rubber and plastics) 2 3 16 1 1 9 119 16 32 100 1,572 352

Processing making, repairing and related (metal and electrical) (iron, steel and other metals, engineering (including installation and maintenance), vehicles and shipbuilding) 14 — 40 — 19 1 368 4 239 7 5,420 42

Painting, repetitive assembling, product inspecting, packaging and related 3 1 3 3 9 5 75 41 220 32 1,014 513

Construction, mining and related not identified elsewhere 3 — 30 — — — 324 — 38 — 4,751 —

Transport operating, materials moving and storing and related 2 — 36 3 8 — 315 3 69 11 4,276 62

Miscellaneous, including general labourers … … … — 13 207 75 — — 2,196 475 18 22 29,162 4,223

The figures do not include data for Careers Offices.

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§ Mr. Kilroy-Silk
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs have been lost in each of the men's occupational groups in Ormskirk in the last 10 years; and what job opportunities have replaced them.

§ Mr. John Fraser
I regret that information about job losses and job gains in each of the men's occupational groups in Ormskirk in the last 10 years is not avail- able. Although information from the 1971 Census of Population gives the numbers of men in occupational groups working in Ormskirk UD, similar information is not available from the results of the 1961 Census of Population. For this reason it is not possible to estimate the net changes within occupational groups over this 10-year period.

§ Mr. Kilroy-Silk
asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is the total

UNEMPLOYED AT NOVEMBER 1975

Total unemployed Unemployed aged under 20 included in total Percentage rate of unemployment

Males Females Total Males Females Total

Ormskirk employment office area … 450 123 573 88 11.1^* 6.2^* 9.4^*

Kirkby employment office area … 3,925 1,222 5,147 1,465 Separate rates not available.—See footnote.

Merseyside Special Development area 57,464 15,538 73,002 15,458 12.2 5.5 9.7

^* Rates relate to the Ormskirk travel-to-work area which also includes Skelmersdale.

Note:

Kirkby is part of the Liverpool travel-to-work area. Rates can be calculated for this area as a whole but not separately for its constituent parts. The rates for the travel-to-work area were 12.8 per cent. for males, 5.5 per cent. for females and 10.0 per cent. in total.

§ Mr. Kilroy-Silk
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers are currently on short-time in Kirkby and on Merseyside, respectively.

§ Mr. John Fraser
In the week commencing 10th November 1975, 36 workers in the Kirkby employment office area and 5,351 workers in the Merseyside Special Development Area were known by my Department to be on short-time working.

§ Mr. Kilroy-Silk
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many building and construction workers are unemployed in Kirkby and on Mersey- side, respectively; and how this compares with the same months in each of the last five years.
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number of unemployed in Ormskirk; how many of these are men, how many women and how many juveniles; and what these figures are expressed as a percentage of employees;
(2) what is the total number of unemployed in Kirkby and on Merseyside at the latest available date; how many of these are men, how many women and how many juveniles; and what these figures are in percentage terms of employees.

§ Mr. John Fraser
From October 1975 there are monthly figures of the numbers unemployed, other than adult students registered for vacation employment, aged under 20. Percentage rates of unemployment, however, are not calculated for separate age groups. Following is the information available.

§ Mr. John Fraser
Following is the information:

UNEMPLOYED WHO LAST WORKED IN CONSTRUCTION

Kirkby Employment Office area Merseyside Special Development area

November 1975 838 13,434

November 1974 576 10,085

November 1973 543 6,892

November 1972 603 9,351

November 1971 634 9,247

November 1970 415 6,184

§ Mr. Kilroy-Silk
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs have been lost in each of the main industries in Kirkby and on Merseyside, respectively, in the last 10 years; and 361W what job opportunities have replaced them.

§ Mr. John Fraser
I will reply to my hon. Friend's Quesion as soon as possible.

§ Mr. Kilroy-Silk
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men and women are employed in each occupational group in Kirkby and on Merseyside, respectively; and how many

Kirkby UD Merseyside Conurbation

Males Females Males Females

Farmers, foresters, fishermen … … … 80 20 2,840 270

Miners and quarrymen … … … … — — 60 —

Gas, coke and chemicals makers … … 260 — 6,020 740

Glass and Ceramics makers … … … 260 — 640 100

Furnace, forge, foundry rolling mill workers … 360 110 1,060 20

Electrical and electronic workers … … 640 200 13,600 2,340

Engineering and allied trades workers NEC … 5,820 1,960 60,350 5,690

Woodworkers … … … … 1,200 20 8,150 80

Leather workers … … … … 10 — 560 500

Textile workers … … … … 10 30 530 760

Clothing workers … … … … 20 180 1,340 5,290

Food, drink and tobacco workers … … 570 770 8,190 5,360

Paper and printing workers … … … 250 340 5,380 2,160

Makers of other products … … … 210 80 3,770 2,040

Construction workers … … … … 570 — 11,480 10

Painters and decorators … … … … 330 10 5,360 150

Drivers of stationary engines, cranes, etc. … 850 — 7,320 40

Labourers NEC … … … … … 1,980 290 26,240 4,000

Transport and communications workers … 920 50 42,170 3,070

Warehousemen, storekeepers, packers, bottlers 960 1,000 10,720 11,030

Clerical workers … … … … … 1,350 2,100 30,800 67,030

Sales workers … … … … … 550 470 24,840 28,560

Service, sport and recreation workers … … 700 1,670 21,420 45,920

Administrators and managers … … … 890 40 17,730 1,610

Professional, technical workers, artists … … 1,850 900 33,790 26,230

Armed Forces (British and foreign) … … 20 — 660 30

Inadequately described Occupations … … 150 140 1,920 2,220

Total … … … … … 20,550 10,380 346,940 215,250

NEC=Not elsewhere classified.

I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the number of skill-centre places available at Kirkby and Merseyside, including Liverpool, Runcorn, St. Helens and Kirkby, are, by broad occupational groups:

Kirkby Merseyside

Construction 14 222

Engineering production 36 246

Engineering servicing — 64

Electrical/electronics — 96

Plant and automotive 48 170

General servicing — 12

Miscellaneous — 42

Short industrial courses — 24

Total 98 876

				September 1975
				Ormskirk	Kirkby	Merseyside Special Development Area
				Notified unfilled vacancies	Unemployed	Notified unfilled vacancies	Unemployed	Notified unfilled vacancies	Unemployed
				Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
Managerial (general management)	…	…	…	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	—	64	21
Professional and related supporting management and administration	…	…	…	—	—	1	3	—	—	—	—	181	12	305	52
Professional and related in education, welfare and health	—	5	5	6	—	—	4	7	53	136	176	234
Literary, artistic and sports	…	…	…	1	—	3	1	—	—	5	2	5	2	175	57
Professional and related in science, engineering, technology and similar fields	—	—	3	4	1	—	8	1	210	2	472	56
Managerial (excluding general management)	…	…	…	1	—	8	—	—	—	14	—	159	25	655	41
Clerical and related	…	…	…	1	4	59	53	10	24	64	221	122	354	3,279	4,725
Selling	…	…	…	6	3	15	7	16	48	23	137	201	164	829	1,668
Security and protective service	…	…	…	3	—	4	—	1	1	17	—	32	3	262	5
Catering, cleaning, hairdressing and other personal service	—	8	5	11	4	18	54	53	155	413	756	983
Farming, fishing and related	…	…	…	1	—	6	—	—	—	7	1	7	1	114	15
Materials processing (excluding metal) (hides, textiles, chemicals, food, drink and tobacco, wood, paper and board, rubber and plastics)	—	—	1	—	2	—	30	4	16	1	466	30
Making and repairing (excluding metal and electrical) (glass, ceramics, printing, paper products, clothing, footwear, woodworking, rubber and plastics)	2	3	16	1	1	9	119	16	32	100	1,572	352
Processing making, repairing and related (metal and electrical) (iron, steel and other metals, engineering (including installation and maintenance), vehicles and shipbuilding)	14	—	40	—	19	1	368	4	239	7	5,420	42
Painting, repetitive assembling, product inspecting, packaging and related	3	1	3	3	9	5	75	41	220	32	1,014	513
Construction, mining and related not identified elsewhere	3	—	30	—	—	—	324	—	38	—	4,751	—
Transport operating, materials moving and storing and related	2	—	36	3	8	—	315	3	69	11	4,276	62
Miscellaneous, including general labourers	…	…	…	—	13	207	75	—	—	2,196	475	18	22	29,162	4,223
The figures do not include data for Careers Offices.

UNEMPLOYED AT NOVEMBER 1975
		Total unemployed	Unemployed aged under 20 included in total	Percentage rate of unemployment
		Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Ormskirk employment office area	…	450	123	573	88	11.1^*	6.2^*	9.4^*
Kirkby employment office area	…	3,925	1,222	5,147	1,465	Separate rates not available.—See footnote.
Merseyside Special Development area	57,464	15,538	73,002	15,458	12.2	5.5	9.7
^* Rates relate to the Ormskirk travel-to-work area which also includes Skelmersdale.
Note:
Kirkby is part of the Liverpool travel-to-work area. Rates can be calculated for this area as a whole but not separately for its constituent parts. The rates for the travel-to-work area were 12.8 per cent. for males, 5.5 per cent. for females and 10.0 per cent. in total.

UNEMPLOYED WHO LAST WORKED IN CONSTRUCTION
	Kirkby Employment Office area	Merseyside Special Development area
November 1975	838	13,434
November 1974	576	10,085
November 1973	543	6,892
November 1972	603	9,351
November 1971	634	9,247
November 1970	415	6,184

						Kirkby UD	Merseyside Conurbation
						Males	Females	Males	Females
Farmers, foresters, fishermen	…	…	…	80	20	2,840	270
Miners and quarrymen	…	…	…	…	—	—	60	—
Gas, coke and chemicals makers	…	…	260	—	6,020	740
Glass and Ceramics makers	…	…	…	260	—	640	100
Furnace, forge, foundry rolling mill workers	…	360	110	1,060	20
Electrical and electronic workers	…	…	640	200	13,600	2,340
Engineering and allied trades workers NEC	…	5,820	1,960	60,350	5,690
Woodworkers	…	…	…	…	1,200	20	8,150	80
Leather workers	…	…	…	…	10	—	560	500
Textile workers	…	…	…	…	10	30	530	760
Clothing workers	…	…	…	…	20	180	1,340	5,290
Food, drink and tobacco workers	…	…	570	770	8,190	5,360
Paper and printing workers	…	…	…	250	340	5,380	2,160
Makers of other products	…	…	…	210	80	3,770	2,040
Construction workers	…	…	…	…	570	—	11,480	10
Painters and decorators	…	…	…	…	330	10	5,360	150
Drivers of stationary engines, cranes, etc.	…	850	—	7,320	40
Labourers NEC	…	…	…	…	…	1,980	290	26,240	4,000
Transport and communications workers	…	920	50	42,170	3,070
Warehousemen, storekeepers, packers, bottlers	960	1,000	10,720	11,030
Clerical workers	…	…	…	…	…	1,350	2,100	30,800	67,030
Sales workers	…	…	…	…	…	550	470	24,840	28,560
Service, sport and recreation workers	…	…	700	1,670	21,420	45,920
Administrators and managers	…	…	…	890	40	17,730	1,610
Professional, technical workers, artists	…	…	1,850	900	33,790	26,230
Armed Forces (British and foreign)	…	…	20	—	660	30
Inadequately described Occupations	…	…	150	140	1,920	2,220
Total	…	…	…	…	…	20,550	10,380	346,940	215,250
NEC=Not elsewhere classified.

	Kirkby	Merseyside
Construction	14	222
Engineering production	36	246
Engineering servicing	—	64
Electrical/electronics	—	96
Plant and automotive	48	170
General servicing	—	12
Miscellaneous	—	42
Short industrial courses	—	24
Total	98	876