§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest figure for the ratio between the number of unemployed persons, and the number of vacant jobs in the Doncaster travel-to-work area.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe information is not available in the form requested. The information that is available is shown in the table, although the figures cannot meaningfully be expressed as a ratio, as jobcentre vacancies represent only a third of all vacancies nationally, and this proportion is likely to vary between different regions, different skills and different occupations.
Furthermore, within any one area, there is not necessarily a strong match between the skills of the unemployed and the nature of the vacancies available. It should also be noted that the area covered by jobcentres in Doncaster does not correspond exactly with Doncaster travel-to-work area.
Unadjusted Unemployment and Vacancies February 1994 Claimant Unemployment Unfilled Jobcentre Vacancies1 15,017 492 1 There are currently six Jobcentres covering the Doncaster TTWA, five in Doncaster and one in Thorne.
§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish his Department's estimate for England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom, and for each year since 1990 of the numbers on the unemployment register; and what were the numbers and percentages of those on the unemployment register in each case leaving the register(a) to take up full-time employment, (b) to take up part-time employment, (c) to take up full-time or part-time training and (d) to take early retirement.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe available information on the levels of claimant unemployment and on the numbers leaving claimant unemployment can be obtained from the NOMIS database in the Library. Detailed information is not available on the destinations of the claimants who leave unemployment. However, past survey evidence indicates that the majority of people who leave claimant unemployment go into jobs.