§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms have announced redundancies in each year since 1979 (a) on Merseyside, (b) in Knowsley, (c) in Kirkby and (d) in Prescot; and how many were made redundant on each occasion.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe information requested is given in the following table.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe information requested is given in the following table.
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Confirmed redundancies in Tottenham jobcentre area Year Number of establishments Number of workers involved Percentage* of total employed 1980 44 2,173 5 1981 39 3,011 7 1982 13 920 2 †l983 13 800 2 * Redundancies as a percentage of total employment in 1981. † Includes provisional figures for 1983.
§ Mr. Norman Atkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people aged 20 years or younger are currently unemployed in the Tottenham area; how many young people in the same area are on temporary employment and training schemes; and what percentages these figures represent.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe available information is as follows. On 12 January, the latest date for which an analysis by age is available, the number of unemployed claimants aged under 20 years in the Tottenham jobcentre area was 1,853. Figures for those aged 20 years are not separately analysed.
Statistics relating to temporary employment and training schemes are not separately available for Tottenham. The number of young people on the youth training scheme in the London borough of Haringey at the end of February was 532. In addition, 10 young people were in training under the youth opportunities programme.
§ Mr. Fatchettasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of women in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment in the Leeds travel-to-work area at May 1979 and on the latest available figures.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following is the available information for the Leeds travel-to-work area from June 1978 and the most recent September 1981 census of employment. Figures for May 1979 are not available.
Female employees in employment in the Leeds travel-to-work area June 1978 September 1981 thousands thousands Full-time 76.4 68.9 Part-time 56.5 50.5
§ Mr. Fatchettasked the Secretary of State for Employment, at the last available date, how many young people in the Leeds travel-to-work area (a) under the age of 18 years and (b) under the age of 21 years have never been in employment.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following is the available information for unemployed claimants in the Leeds travel-to-work area on 9 February. The figures relate to unemployed school leavers—young people who had not entered employment since terminating full-time education.
Age Number Under 18 1,193 18 933 19 and over 1,898