§ Mr. Guy Barnettasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons were registered as unemployed at the latest available date at each employment office located in the docklands designated area; how many of these were school leavers; what is the seasonally adjusted figure for each office, and the percentage of all employees; and if he will give comparable figures in each case for January 1977, 1978 and 1979.
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 4 February 1980]: The following table gives, for January 1980 and for each of the other dates specified, the numbers 129W registered as unemployed, and the numbers of school leavers included in these figures, for each of the employment office areas most closely associated with the docklands designated area. Seasonally
January 1977 January 1978 Employment office area All unemployed Of Which —school leavers All unemployed Of Which —school leavers Bermondsey … … … 1,147 24 1,188 17 Canning Town … … 2,521 108 2,494 123 Deptford and Greenwich … 3,202 53 3,362 68 Poplar … … … … 2,720 37 3,119 27 Stepney … … … 2,940 34 3,065 39
January 1979 January 1980* Employment office area All unemployed Of Which —school leavers All unemployed Of Which —school leavers Bermondsey … … … 1,048 8 1,017 18 Canning Town … … 2,250 57 2,186 62 Deptford and Greenwich … 3,005 32 2,656 41 Poplar … … … … 2,928 35 3,027 35 Stepney … … … 2,911 22 3,024 34 * As a result of changing the attendance and payment of benefit from weekly to fortnightly the unemployment figures from October 1979 are not strictly comparable with those for earlier dates. Estimates are not available for local areas, but for the country as a whole, the figures are about 1½ per cent. higher than they would have been under weekly attendance
§ Mr. Guy Barnettasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many notified vacancies there were at the latest available date at each employment office located in the docklands designated area; how many notified vacancies there were at each careers office in the docklands designated area; what is the seasonally adjusted figure in each case; and if he will give comparable figures for January 1977, 1978, and 1979.
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 4 February 1980]: The following table
January 1977 January 1978 Employment office area At employment offices At careers offices At employment offices At careers offices Bermondsey … … … 130 7 120 4 Canning Town … … 139 38 405 54 Deptford and Greenwich … * 18 223 24 Poplar … … … … * 39 149 43 Stepney … … … * 137 489 145 130W
January 1979 January 1980 Employment office area At employment offices At careers offices At employment offices At careers offices Bermondsey … … … 216 29 102 36 Canning Town … … 321 165 241 57 Deptford and Greenwich … 314 9 218 9 Poplar … … … … 202 102 190 69 Stepney … … … 650 232 741 139 * Because of industrial action by some staff in the Department of Employment Group vacancy statistics are not available for some offices. adjusted figures are not available for local areas. Percentage rates of unemployment are calculated only for the whole of the Greater London area and not separately for its constituent parts.
gives, for January 1980 and for each of the other dates specified, the numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled in the employment office areas most closely associated with the docklands designated area. Seasonally adjusted figures are not available for local areas. Vacancies notified to employment offices are estimated to be about one-third of all vacancies in the country as a whole. Because of possible duplication the figures for employment offices and careers offices should not be added together.