§ Mr. Andrew F. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have been unemployed for 12 months or more in the Denton and Reddish constituency.
§ Mr. LeeThe information is available from the Library. In April 1989 there were, 1,148 claimants who had been unemployed for 12 months or more in the Denton and Reddish parliamentary constituency.
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§ Mr. NichollsThe table lists the information requested for those companies which have national employment training contracts through the large contractors unit. Other large companies have local contracts. However, for these organisations the information requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate costs. There are other large companies who are participating in employment training as placement providers.
Information concerning company expenditure on employment training advertising is the commercial information of the companies involved and thus is unavailable.
§ Mr. Anthony CoombsTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment by how much long-term unemployment has fallen over the last two years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LeeThe information is available from the Library. In April 1989, the number of unemployed claimants in the United Kingdom who had been unemployed for one year or more was 744,120 compared with 1,295,146 in April 1987, a fall of 551,026 or 42.6 per cent. The comparison is slightly affected by the change in the count from September 1988 due to new benefit regulations affecting those people aged under 18 years.