§ Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is her estimate of the number of young people seeking a youth training place in Birmingham for the most recent date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe information requested is not available.
§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will list the current number of job280W vacancies in the travel-to-work areas which include the coal mines which British Coal has announced will close; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. McLoughlinResponsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service Agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Mr M. E. G. Fogden to Mr. Max Madden dated 20 October
As the Employment Service is an Executive Agency, the Secretary of State has asked me to write to you direct to respond to your Parliamentary Question to her about the number of current job vacancies within the travel to work areas for the coal mines which British Coal has announced will close. This is something which falls within the responsibilities she has delegated to me as Chief Executive of the Agency.I attach a table showing the number of vacancies unfilled at Jobcentres on 2nd October 1992, the last statistical count date, for each of the relevant travel to work areas. All of the travel to work areas are included as requested although following the statement by the President of the Board of Trade on 19 October only 8 of these areas have a colliery now designated for closure after the statutory consultation period has been completed.It is not possible to provide information on the total number of job vacancies available in the labour market but it is estimated that about one third of all vacancies are notified to Jobcentres.I hope this is helpful.As decided by the Administration Committee of the House of Commons, Chief Executive replies to written Parliamentary Questions will be published in the Official Report. I will also place a copy of this letter in the Library of the House.
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Colliery Travel to Work Area Number of unfilled vacancies at local Jobcentres on 2 October 1992 Easington Vane Tempest Durham 313 Wearmouth Sunderland 603 Westoe South Tyneside 146 Parkside Wigan and St. Helens 742 Prince of Wales Sharlston Frickley Wakefield and Dewsbury 705 Rossington Bentley Hatfield/Thorne Markham Main Houghton Main Grimethorpe Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Mexborough 879 Maltby Kiveton Rotherham and Mexborough Sheffield 1,190 Silverhill Bevercotes Bilsthorpe Clipstone Rufford Worksop, Alfreton and Ashfield, Retford, Mansfield 551 Cotgrave Calverton Nottingham 465 Bolsover Markham Shirebrook Chesterfield 352 Trentham Silverdale Stoke 571
Colliery Travel to Work Area Number of unfilled vacancies at local Jobcentres on 2 October 1992 Betws Drift Llanelli 351 Point of Ayr Shotton, Flint and Rhyl 574 Taff Merthyr Merthyr and Rhymney 452