§ Mr. TylerTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will list in order the top 100 travel-to-work areas in England in terms of highest male, female and total unemployment figures for the latest month available.
§ Mr. McLoughlinClaimant unemployment rates for the areas requested can be obtained from the NOMIS database in the Library.
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to her answer of 23 February,Official Report, column 570, if she will break down the overall figures on non-manual worker unemployment, by region.
§ Mr. McLoughlin[holding answer 1 March 1993]: The regional breakdown of non-manual workers who are unemployed on the internationally standard ILO definition is given in the following table.
thousands Region Number Great Britain 822,000 Northern 40,000 Yorkshire and Humberside 52,000 East Midlands 54,000 East Anglia 26,000 South East 332,000 —Greater London 163,000 —Rest of South East 169,000 South West 70,000 West Midlands 72,000 North West 75,000 Wales 27,000 Scotland 74,000 Source: Summer (June-August) 1992 Labour Force Survey (not seasonally adjusted).
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§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many places were available on the employment training scheme in the current year and in each preceding year; in each year, how many trainees started the course; how many completed it; and how many got jobs at the end of it in each year.
§ Mr. McLoughlin[holding answer 1 March 1993]: The information requested is given in the following table.