§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he is satisfied that the efforts now being made by his Department to increase the number of training places available to young people in the West Midlands will not be rendered nugatory by expenditure cuts made or proposed by the education authorities in the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe help available to young people under the programme of special measures announced
106WBournemouth employment area notified to his Department on a convenient date during August 1975; and what were the comparable figures for each of the following years from 1970 to 1974 inclusive;
(3) what is the total number of unemployed males and females in the Bournemouth employment area notified to his Department on a convenient date during August 1975; and what were the comparable figures for each year from 1970 to 1974 inclusive;
(4) what was the total number of unemployed males and females in the Bournemouth employment area notified to his Department on a convenient date during September 1975; and what are the comparable figures for each year from 1970 to 1974 inclusive.
§ Mr. John FraserThe following table shows information for the Bournemouth Employment Office area at August and September each year. The vacancy figures relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices, and are not a measure of total vacancies.
recently by the Manpower Services Commission, for which the Government has made over £70 million available, will not be affected by any restraint in local authority expenditure.
§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many private firms in the West Midlands are receiving training grants from the EEC Social Fund; and if he will publish in the Official Report details of the value of these grants.
§ Mr. John FraserNo private firm in the West Midlands is at present receiving 107W a training grant from the EEC Social Fund.