§ 13. Mrs. Helen JacksonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many of those leaving employment training in Yorkshire and Humberside got a job in the last quarter for which figures are available.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe latest figures, an increase on the previous year, show that for the quarter ended June 1992, 37 per cent. were in a job three months after leaving. There will, in addition, be others who were in full-time education, on other Government training programmes or undertaking voluntary work. These figures do not, of course, reflect the outcomes of the new training for work programme and the other measures we announced in this year's Budget.
§ 16. Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what steps he is taking to retain and create jobs on Tyneside.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe Department's aim is to promote a free and flexible labour market to encourage employment on Tyneside as elsewhere. The employment service and Tyneside training and enterprise council deliver a wide range of employment, enterprise and training programmes to help unemployed people in Tyneside find the best and quickest route back to employment.
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§ 17. Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are unemployed in Britain.
§ Mr. David HuntIn May 1993, on the seasonally adjusted basis, there were 2,809,300 unemployed claimants in Great Britain.
§ 24. Mr. SpellarTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest figures for long-term unemployment in the United Kingdom.
§ Miss WiddecombeIn April 1993 and on the unadjusted basis, the number of unemployed claimants in the United Kingdom who had been unemployed for over a year was 1,075,067.
§ Mr. RaynsfordTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have been unemployed for more than one year in the London borough of Greenwich, in each of the past three years.
§ Miss WiddecombeOn the unadjusted basis, the number of unemployed claimants in the London borough of Greenwich who had been unemployed for over a year was 6,886 in April 1993, 5,063 in April 1992 and 2,896 in April 1991.