§ Mr. Baldryasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of unemployed people placed by the employment service in (a) 1979, (b) 1980, (c) 1981, (d) 1982, (e) 1983 and (f) 1984, respectively.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkInformation is not available in the form requested. The following table shows the total numbers of placings made by jobcentres in Great Britain in the operational years 1979–80 to 1984–85. The numbers of these placings which were of unemployed persons are also shown for 1979–80, 1980–81 and 1981–82. These figures are not available for subsequent years.
Placing by jobcentres—Great Britain Operational Year Total Placings Unemployed jobseekers placed 1979–80 1,903,564 1,682,790 1980–81 1,534,405 1,379,074 1981–82 1,468,525 1,345,769 1982–83 1,550,494 — 1983–84 1,786,371 — 1984–85 1,977,626 —