§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the percentage unemployment for the Keighley travel-to-work area, of those unemployed for four weeks or less, and those unemployed over four weeks, over two months and over 12 months in the same area.
§ Mr. Jim LesterAt 10 April, the latest date for which the quarterly duration analysis is available, the rate of unemployment in the Keighley employment office area was 6 per cent. and the numbers registered as unemployed for the duration ranges specified were as follows:
4 weeks or less 275 over 4 and up to 8 weeks 259 over 8 and up to 52 weeks 825 over 52 weeks 305 These figures exclude 144 young registrants in the Keighley area for whom duration figures are not readily available.
The provisional unemployment rate at 8 May was 5.9 per cent.
§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report (a) the number of redundancies currently notified to his Department in the Keighley travel-to-work area 441W and (b) the number of jobs currently supported in the Keighley travel-to-work area by the temporary short-time working scheme.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe number of proposed redundancies currently notified to the Department under the redundancy handling provisions of the Employment Protection Act 1975, in the Keighley travel-to-work area, involve 417 employees employed in six firms.
I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the number of redundancies currently notified, in the Keighley travel-to-work area, involve 255 employees employed in five firms.
The number of jobs currently supported in the Keighley travel-to-work area by the temporary short-time working compensation scheme is 531 in 17 firms.