§ Mr. Goodladasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many women seeking work for the first time are registered as unemployed in each of the 429W employment areas in Cheshire; and what are the comparable figures for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. GoldingI regret that this information is not available. The statistics do not separate women seeking work for the first time from others registered as unemployed.
§ Mr. Goodladasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many of those who left school in the summer of 1977 are still without work in each of the
1974* 1975† 1976 1977 1978 Chester 2 — 96 125 173 Congleton including Middlewich and Sandbach 0 — 14 12 30 Crewe including Nantwich 4 — 60 66 85 Ellesmere Port including Neston 4 — 122 162 249 Halton/ Runcorn 0 — 62 103 157 Widnes 9 — 115 171 269 Macclesfield Town 1 — 16 18 34 Wilmslow 4 — 13 22 29 Vale Royal including Winsford and Northwich 4 — 38 69 72 Warrington I — 123 346 225 Total 29 — 649 1,094 1,323 * These figures are not strictly comparable since the numbers leaving school in 1973 were much reduced as a result of the raising of the school leaving age in that year. † Figures for January 1975 are not available due to an industrial dispute.