HC Deb 12 February 1980 vol 978 cc557-8W
Mr. Richard Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons in the Kirklees area and the Oldham area (a) have been given temporary employment subsidy since its

Temporary Employment Subsidy: TES Temporary Short-Time Working Compensation Scheme: TSTWC Numbers currently supported Job Release Scheme: JRS
Numbers supported since its inception Potentially redundant jobs Workers on Short time Numbers supported since its inception
Kirklees … … 7,597 2,442 6,345 1,319
Oldham … … 7,968 659 1,429 1,193
JANUARY 1979
At Employment Offices At Careers Offices
260 91
JANUARY 1980
At Employment Offices At Careers Offices
188 56

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the number of job vacancies notified to jobcentres in each region in January compared with the figures for January 1979.

Mr. Jim Lester

The following table gives the numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled at employment offices and careers offices in each region at the dates specified. 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.

inception, (b) are receiving support from the temporary short-time working scheme and (c) are taking advantage of the job retirement scheme since its inception.

Mr. Jim Lester

The information requested is given in the following table: