§ Mr. Pikeasked the Paymaster General what is the number of people living in (a) Lancashire, (b) Greater Manchester, (c) Merseyside and (d) Cheshire who have never worked since leaving school.
§ Mr. TrippierThe following information is in the Library. The table shows the numbers of unemployed claimants in the counties of Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire of all ages who had not had a job since leaving full-time education, as at 8 January 1987, together with those aged under 18 years.
County Unemployed All ages Claimants Aged under 18 years Lancashire 5,330 1,495 Greater Manchester 16,714 4,756 Merseyside 16,692 4,232 Cheshire 5,382 1,590
§ Mr. Masonasked the Paymaster General (1) if he will give the total numbers of men and women employed in Yorkshire and Humberside, South Yorkshire and Barnsley travel-to-work area in 1979, and each succeeding year to date;
(2) what is the up-to-date average unemployment figure for each of the travel-to-work areas in the United Kingdom, specifying the male, female, long-term unemployed and youth unemployed, separately.
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§ Ms. Clare Shortasked the Paymaster General what assumption is made for the purposes of compiling his Department's estimates of the number of employees in employment of the number of YTS trainees with contracts of employment.
§ Mr. TrippierNone. Employers are instructed to include, but not separately identify, only those YTS trainees with contracts of employment in completing the statistical returns from which the employees in employment series is derived.
§ Mr. Duffyasked the Paymaster General if he will give the total number of men and women employed in Yorkshire, Humberside, South Yorkshire and the Sheffield travel-to-work area in 1979 and each succeeding year to date.