§ Mr. Nellistasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government have provided any facilities to enable police officers from Sri Lanka to visit the United Kingdom to discuss collaboration in anti-terrorist activities.
§ Mr. WhitneySri Lankan police officers have attended standard training courses in Britain on the same basis as police officers from other Commonwealth and friendly countries. It is not our practice to comment on contacts with other governments on security matters.
Percentage of unemployed claimants aged under 20 years 20 to 24 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 to 59 years Alfreton Male 12.3 12.7 16.3 11.7 10.1 11.0 Female 24.6 24.4 25.0 12.2 8.6 5.6 Buxton* Male 13.6 14.8 17.2 14.1 11.9 14.5 Female 22.8 24.6 21.9 11.6 11.3 7.9 Chesterfield* Male 14.3 15.3 19.4 14.2 12.2 10.8 Female 3[...].8 24.7 20.0 8.5 9.1 5.7 Derby; Male 13.6 16.5 19.4 12.9 11.5 10.1 Female 31.4 24.7 19.3 9.2 9.5 5.9 Matlock* Male 11.4 15.3 18.4 12.0 11.8 10.9 Female 24.4 23.4 18.5 12.5 9.7 11.5 * Travel-to-work area comprising two or more jobcentre areas.
§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many jobs have been lost in the travel-to-work areas in the county of Derbyshire within the last 12 months;
(2) how many jobs were lost in the following industries in the travel-to-work areas in the county of Derbyshire in 1981, 1982 and to the nearest available date in 1983 (a) metal manufacturing, (b) mechanical engineering, (c) vehicles, (d) textiles and clothing and (e) chemicals.
§ Mr. GummerI regret that the information is not available. The number of net job losses or gains may be calculated by comparing employment figures at different dates, but these are not available for areas below regional level except from censuses of employment. Information is available from the June 1978 census but local results of the following census (for September 1981) are not yet ready.
§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current level of unemployment in the travel-to-work areas in the county of Derbyshire.
§ Mr. GummerThe following table, taken from the June count of unemployment, gives the total numbers of unemployed claimants, together with the numbers of unemployed school-leavers not yet entitled to benefit, in each of the travel-to-work areas in Derbyshire.
Travel-to-work area Unemployed claimants Non-claimant school-leavers Alfreton 2,807 450 Buxton* 2,094 280