Suffolk (Hansard, 6 February 1978)

§ Mr. Eldon Griffiths
asked the Secretary of State for Employment by how many the number of registered unemployed has risen in the Haverhill, Bury St. Edmunds 427W and Newmarket employment office areas since March 1974.

March 1974 January 1978 Increase

Haverhill … … … … 158 523 365

Bury St. Edmunds … … … … 425 1,039 614

Newmarket … … … … 164 466 302

§ Mr. Eldon Griffiths
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many school leavers are registered as out of work in the Haverhill, Bury St. Edmunds and Newmarket employment office areas.

§ Mr. Golding
At 12th January, 62 school leavers were registered as unemployed at the Bury St. Edmunds careers office which covers Haverhill and Newmarket.

§ Mr. Eldon Griffiths
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons have been registered as out of work for more than eight weeks in the Haverhill, Bury St. Edmunds and Newmarket employment areas.

§ Mr. Golding
The following table gives the numbers registered as unemployed for more than eight weeks at 12th January:

Haverhill 319

Bury St. Edmunds 718

Newmarket 307

Notified unfilled vacancies at

January 1974 January 1978

Employment Office area Employment offices Careers offices Employment offices Careers offices^*

Leek … … … … 113 104 36 4

Biddulph … … … … 68 52 26 —

Cheadle … … … … 16 26 25 —

Kidsgrove … … … … 302 32 46 —

^* The careers office vacancies for Biddulph and Cheadle are now included with those for Leek. There are no separate figures for Kidsgrove which is now covered by the Burslem careers office. The vacancy figures relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices and are not a measure of total vacancies. Because of possible duplication the two sets of figures should not be added together.

§ Mr. Knox
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were out of work in each of the employment areas in the Leek parliamentary constituency at the most recent count; and what were the comparable figures in the same month in 1974.

§ Mr. Golding
The following table gives the numbers of registered unemployed, people under 25 years of age, at January 1978. Information for January 1974
428W

§ Mr. Golding
The information is given in the following table:

					March 1974	January 1978	Increase
Haverhill	…	…	…	…	158	523	365
Bury St. Edmunds	…	…	…	…	425	1,039	614
Newmarket	…	…	…	…	164	466	302

					Notified unfilled vacancies at
					January 1974	January 1978
Employment Office area					Employment offices	Careers offices	Employment offices	Careers offices^*
Leek	…	…	…	…	113	104	36	4
Biddulph	…	…	…	…	68	52	26	—
Cheadle	…	…	…	…	16	26	25	—
Kidsgrove	…	…	…	…	302	32	46	—
^* The careers office vacancies for Biddulph and Cheadle are now included with those for Leek. There are no separate figures for Kidsgrove which is now covered by the Burslem careers office. The vacancy figures relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices and are not a measure of total vacancies. Because of possible duplication the two sets of figures should not be added together.