§ Rev. William McCreaasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons who left school at the end of each of the summer terms in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983, in England, are now (a) in full-time permanent employment, (b) in full-time education, (c) on various youth training or temporary employment schemes and (d) unemployed.
Redundancies confirmed as due to occur for 1979 to 1983 Merseyside Special Development Area* Knowsley Local Authority Area† Kirkby Jobcentre Area Prescot Jobcentre Area Number of firms Redundancies involved Number of firms Redundancies involved Number of firms Redundancies involved Number of firms Redundancies involved 1979 184 15,225 29 2,355 16 1,792 13 563 1980 375 19,355 45 2,829 28 2,117 17 712 1981 370 24,635 48 3,079 35 2,232 13 847 1982 227 15,898 25 1,994 16 1,302 1 233 1983‡ 179 13,234 20 2,019 14 1,350 Nil Nil * Includes St. Helens jobcentre area to 31 July 1980. † Includes Kirkby, Prescot and, from February 1982, Huyton jobcentre areas. ‡ Provisional.