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17. Mr. Illsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what initiatives she has to decrease unemployment in mining areas.

Mr. McLoughlin

We are making available £75 million to training and enterprise councils and the Employment Service to help redundant miners and other unemployed people in areas affected by a pit closure.

18. Mr. Bellingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what measures she is introducing to assist the long-term unemployed in East Anglia.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

New measures recently announced will provide an extra 100,000 opportunities nationally. Learning for work, community action and an expanded business start-up scheme will be available to long-term unemployed people in East Anglia as elsewhere. Additionally, a pilot scheme, north Norfolk action, will provide 100 opportunities for long-term unemployed people in Norfolk to participate in full-time community work.

19. Mr. Mullin

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what estimate she has for the number of part-time or casual workers in(a) 1979 and (b) 1992; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. McLoughlin

Estimates from the Labour Force Survey show that the number of part-time employees in spring 1979 was almost 4 million, and in autumn 1992 it was over 5 million; 780,000 people were in casual, temporary and seasonal jobs in spring 1984, decreasing to 690,000 in autumn 1992.

26. Mr. Denham

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the change in unemployment in the south-east since 1990.

Mr. McLoughlin

In the South East region, seasonally adjusted claimant unemployment rose by 604,100 between March 1990 and March 1993.

Mr. Elletson

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what measures she is introducing to assist the long-term unemployed in the north of England.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

New measures announced in the Budget will provide an extra 100,000 opportunities nationally for long-term unemployed people. Learning for work, community action and an expanded business start-up scheme will be available to long-term unemployed people in the north of England, as elsewhere.