§ Mr. WareingTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what representations he has received from theLiverpool Echo about its action for jobs campaign; what plans he has to deal with the problems it is highlighting; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Fowler[holding 2 November 1987]: I have received a letter from the editor of the Liverpool Daily Post and Liverpool Echo to which I will reply.
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Number of Registered Dock Workers Ports 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 Newcastle 153 148 94 84 84 85 78 82 80 Dunston 20 15 13 11 10 10 10 10 10 North Shields 136 150 114 124 119 93 88 86 86 South Shields 153 172 124 120 114 112 88 87 85 Blyth 87 79 73 67 66 66 65 63 58 Sunderland 70 79 68 73 72 70 69 74 71 Seaham 13 10 10 13 13 13 13 16 15 Middlesbrough 895 817 753 843 769 740 798 901 903 Hartlepool 197 133 177 160 147 144 138 127 112 Hull 2,783 2,771 2,283 2,133 2,124 2,071 1,994 1,979 1,960 Goole 343 342 326 302 312 304 298 292 296 Grimsby 1,241 1,229 1,132 1,047 1,060 1,009 929 944 922 Immingham 103 109 106 104 108 104 101 109 102 Boston 175 169 169 166 146 142 138 135 132 Wisbech 30 25 25 21 21 21 21 21 21 King's Lynn 132 124 114 106 106 104 103 93 87 Yarmouth 111 107 98 111 91 91 90 89 86 Lowestoft 33 28 25 27 27 27 27 27 24 Ipswich 135 130 135 125 143 129 128 128 138 London 16,573 15,986 12,656 11,586 11,504 9,825 9,251 8,480 8,105 Rochester 311 275 278 282 272 240 221 239 236 Sittingbourne — — 30 42 44 40 39 41 38 Queenborough 1 — — — — — — — — Sheerness 170 191 341 395 392 387 380 373 372 Whitstable 33 31 17 15 16 16 10 14 16 Southampton 1,994 1,725 2,070 2,024 2,331 2,087 2,030 1,951 1,856 Poole 46 45 55 63 61 58 57 64 62 Weymouth 92 75 40 35 35 35 35 37 37 Plymouth 84 84 78 77 71 70 69 67 67 Fowey 60 59 57 59 59 56 56 56 57 Par 57 57 48 50 50 47 45 43 39 Charlestown 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 Falmouth 12 11 8 8 8 8 8 7 11 Truro 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 — Penzance 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 Hayle 9 9 6 5 5 5 5 — — Bristol 1,374 1,305 1,164 1,278 1,291 1,264 1,256 1,341 1,321 On 2 November I launched the action for jobs campaign which highlighted many enterprise, training and employment opportunities available in the region generally, including Liverpool.