§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the estimated number of young school leavers in the Liverpool, Scotland Exchange constituency; and what is the estimated percentage of such unemployed.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe precise information is not available. Unemployment statistics are not produced for parliamentary constituencies and percentage rates of unemployment for school-leavers are not calculated.
At 15 January, the provisional number of school-leavers under 18 years of age registered as unemployed in the Liverpool employment office area was 2,285, representing 11.6 per cent. of all unemployed in the area. The Liverpool employment area, although somewhat larger than the Liverpool, Scotland Exchange constituency, is the closest associated area for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the estimated (a) number and (b) percentage of unemployed in (i) the Liverpool, Scotland 235W Exchange constituency and (ii) the Liverpool travel-to-work area at the latest available date; and what these figures were for May 1979.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe precise information is not available. Unemployment statistics are not produced for parliamentary constituencies and percentage rates of unemployment are calculated only for complete travel-to-work areas.
At 15 January 1981, the provisional numbers of people registered as unemployed in the Liverpool employment office area and in the Liverpool travel-to-work area were 19,686 and 76,626, respectively. The unemployment rate in the travel-to-work work area was 16.1 per cent. The corresponding figures at 10 May 1979 were 15,456 in the employment office area and 57,060 (11.8 per cent.) in the travel-to-work area. The figures are not adjusted for seasonal variations. The Liverpool employment office area although somewhat larger than the Liverpool Scotland Exchange constituency, is the closest associated area for which figures are available.