Labour Statistics (Hansard, 31 January 1984)

§ Dame Judith Hart
asked the Secretary of State for Employment when he proposes to publish the results of the survey on women's employment carried out by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys for his Department in 1980.

§ Mr. Alan Clark
The report of this survey is to be published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office as "Women in Employment: A lifetime Perspective" and is expected to be available by the end of May.

§ Dr. David Clark
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of persons unemployed, percentage rate of unemployment, and the total number of vacancies for (a) the South Shields employment exchange and (b) Tyne and Wear at the latest date for which figures are available.

§ Mr. Alan Clark
On 8 December 1983 the total number of unemployed claimants in the South Shields jobcentre area was 8,113. The corresponding figure for the Tyne and Wear county was 95,697.
Percentage rates of unemployment are calculated for complete travel-to-work areas only and the rate for the 153W South Tyne travel-to-work area, of which South Shields is a part, was 18.6 per cent. on 8 December. The rate for the Tyne and Wear county was 17.0 per cent.
On 2 December the numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled at the South Shields jobcentre and careers office were 282 and 12, respectively. The corresponding figures for the Tyne and Wear county were 3,551 at jobcentres and 77 at careers offices. Vacancies notified to jobcentres are estimated to be about one-third of all vacancies in the country as a whole. Because of possible duplication the figures for jobcentres and careers offices should not be added together. The number of vacancies unfilled at a particular date takes no account of the flow of vacancies being notified, filled or withdrawn which would reflect activity more closely. For example, during the 12-month period to December 1983 the number of people placed in jobs by jobcentres in the Tyne and Wear county was 31,515. It is estimated that the public employment service accounts for about one in four of all placings.