§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Secretary of State for Employment of the 14,050 increase in his Department from 1st March 1974 to 1st April 1976 what part of this 41 per cent. addition was made up by the staff of the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service, the Health and Safety Commission/Executive and the Manpower Services Commission and it agencies, as opposed to internal departmental growth.
§ Mr. GoldingAn analysis of the staff of the DE group at 1st March 1974 is not available, but the figures for 1st April 1974 and 1st April 1976 with percentage increases are shown in the table below:
§ Mr. GoldingI regret that the precise information requested is not available. Rates of unemployment can be calculated for the Wigan travel-to-work area as a whole but not separately for that part of the area covered by the Ince parliamentary constituency. The following table shows the rates for the Wigan travel-to-work area and Great Britain.
give a breakdown, according to the minimum industrial classification list, of the 2,900 persons at present unemployed in the Skelmersdale New Town.
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§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe following table shows the numbers registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Skelmersdale Employment Office at June 1976, the most recent date for which an industrial analysis is available:
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MINIMUM LIST HEADING OF THE STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing Agriculture and Horticulture 19 Forestry 1 Fishing 3 Mining and Quarrying Coal Mining 5 Stone and Slate Quarrying and Mining 2 Chalk, Clay, Sand and Gravel Extraction — Petroleum and Natural Gas — Other Mining and Quarrying — Food, Drink and Tobacco Grain Milling — Bread, Flour and Confectionery 16 Biscuits 4 Bacon Curing, Meat and Fish Products 21 Milk and Milk Products 3 Sugar 2 Cocoa, Chocolate and Sugar Confectionery 4 Fruit and Vegetable Products 3 Animal and Poultry Foods 4 Vegetable and Animal Oils and Fats 2 Food Industries not elsewhere specified 7 Brewing and Malting — Soft Drinks 8 Other Drink Industries — Tobacco 2 Coal and Petroleum Products Coke Ovens and Manufactured Fuel — Mineral Oil Refining 4 Lubricating Oils and Greases — Chemical and Allied Industries General Chemicals 4 Pharmaceutical Chemicals and Preparations 22 Toilet Preparations 35 Paint 1 Soap and Detergents 1 Synthetic Resins and Plastics Materials and Synthetic Rubber 2 Dyestuffs and Pigments — Fertilisers 1 Other Chemical Industries 11 Metal Manufacture Iron and Steel(General) 6 Steel Tubes — Iron Castings, etc. 4 Aluminium and Aluminium Alloys 12 Copper, Brass and other Copper Alloys 3 Other Base Metals 1 773W
Mechanical Engineering Agricultural Machinery (except tractors) — Metal-working machine tools 8 Pumps, valves and compressors 11 Industrial engines 8 Textile Machinery and Accessories 1 Construction and Earth-Moving Equipment 1 Mechanical Handling Equipment 15 Office Machinery — Other Machinery 18 Industrial (including process) Plant and Steelwork 10 Ordnance and Small Arms — Other Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere specified 14 Instrument Engineering Photographic and Document Copying Equipment — Watches and Clocks — Surgical Instruments and Appliances 2 Scientific and Industrial Instruments and Systems 9 Electrical Engineering Electrical Machinery 5 Insulated Wires and Cables 3 Telegraph and Telephone Apparatus and Equipment 1 Radio and Electronic Components 365 Broadcast Receiving and Sound Reproduction equipment 2 Electronic Computers — Radio, Radar and Electronic Capital Goods — Electric Appliances Primarily for Domestic use 12 Other Electrical Goods 1 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing 2 Marine Engineering 3 Vehicles Wheeled Tractor Manufacturing — Motor Vehicle Manufacturing 15 Motor Cycle, Tricycle and Pedal Manufacture — Aerospace Equipment Manufacturing and Repairing 2 Locomotives and Railway Track Equipment — Railway carriages and Wagons and Trams — Metal Goods not Elsewhere Specified Engineers' Small Tools and Gauges — Hand Tools and Implements — Cutlery, Spoons, Forks and Plated Tableware, etc. — Bolts, Nuts, Screws, Rivets, etc. 1 Wire and Wire Manufactures 2 Cans and Metal Boxes 16 Jewellery and Precious Metals — Metal Industries not elsewhere specified 78 Textiles Production of Man-Made Fibres — Spinning and Doubling on the Cotton and Flax Systems 3 774W
Textiles, continued Weaving of Cotton, Linen and Man-Made Fibres 51 Woollen and Worsted — Jute 1 Rope, Twine and Net 1 Hosiery and Other Knitted Goods 17 Lace — Carpets 4 Narrow Fabrics(not more than 30cm wide) 1 Made-up Textiles — Textile Finishing — Other Textile Industries 1 Leather, Leather Goods and Fur Leather (Tanning and Dressing) and Fell-mongery 1 Leather Goods 1 Fur — Clothing and Footwear Weatherproof Outerwear — Men's and Boys' Tailored Outerwear — Women's and Girls' Tailored Outerwear 4 Overalls and Men's Shirts, Underwear, etc. 6 Dresses, Lingerie, Infants' wear, etc. 19 Hats, Caps and Millinery — Dress Industries not elsewhere specified — Footwear 17 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. Bricks, Fireclay and Refractory Goods 15 Pottery — Glass 32 Cement 1 Abrasives and Building Materials, etc. not elsewhere specified 3 Timber, Furnture, etc. Timber 10 Furniture and Upholstery 7 Bedding, etc. 2 Shop and Office Fitting — Wooden Containers and Baskets 3 Miscellaneous Wood and Cork Manu-facturers 2 Paper, Printing and Publishing Paper and Board 10 Packaging Products of Paper, Board and Associated Materials 4 Manufactured Stationery 38 Manufacturers of Paper and Board not elsewhere specified — Printing, Publishing of Newspapers 3 Printing, Publishing of Periodicals 1 Other Printing, Publishing, Bookbinding, Engraving, etc. 5 Other Manufacturing Industries Rubber 45 Linoleum, Plastics Floor-Covering, Leathercloth, etc. 1 Brushes and Brooms — Toys, Games, Children's Carriages and Sports equipment 3 Miscellaneous Stationers' Goods — Plastics Products not elsewhere specified 124 Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries 3 775W
Construction Construction 380 Gas, Electricity and Water Gas 3 Electricity — Water Supply 1 Transport and Communication Railways 3 Road Passenger Transport 23 Road Haulage Contracting for General HireorReward 44 Other Road Haulage 2 Sea Transport 11 Port and Inland Water Transport 5 Air Transport — Postal Services and Telecommunications 15 Miscellaneous Transport Services and Storage 5 Distributive Trades Wholesale Distribution of Food and Drink 34 Wholesale Distribution of Petroleum Products 1 Other Wholesale Distribution 65 Retail Distribution of Food and Drink 70 Other Retail Distribution 79 Dealing in Coal, Oil, Builders' Materials, Grain and Agricultural Supplies 4 Dealing in other Industries Materials and Machinery 16 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services Insurance 7 Banking and Bill Discounting 3 Other Financial Institutions 6 Property Owning and Managing, etc. — Advertising and Market Research 2 Other Business Services 12 Central Offices not Allocable elsewhere — Professional and Scientific Services Accountancy Services 1 Educational Services 9 Legal Services 2 Medical and Dental Services 24 Religious Organisations — Research and Development Services 1 Other Professional and Scientific Services 2 Miscellaneous Services Cinemas, Theatres, Radio, etc. 1 Sport and Other Recreations 7 Betting and Gambling 7 Hotels and Other Residential Establishments 37 Restaurants, Cafes, Snack Bars 17 Public Houses 20 Clubs 5 Catering Contractors 4 Hairdressing and Manicure 8 Private Domestic Service 1 Laundries 9 Dry Cleaning, Job Dyeing, Carpet Beating, etc. 1 Motor Repairers, Distributors, Garages and Filling Stations 41 Repair of Boots and Shoes — Other Services 22
Public Administration National Government Service 25 Local Government Service 55 Ex-Service personnel not classified by Industry 5 No Industry cases 504 Total: All Industries and Services 2,856