§ Mr. Prescottasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies have been recorded by the Hull employment exchange area since 1st January 1970.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithRedundancies recorded by my Department as due to occur in the Hull employment exchange area during the period 1st January 1970 to 30th June 1973 involved 6,170 workpeople.
§ Mr. Prescottasked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of those employed in the Hull employment exchange area is skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled; and how this compares with development areas and the national average.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe available information on levels of skill is provided by the Census of Population and relates only to males, inclusive of the unemployed. The most recent results are for 1966, the small area analysis for the 1971 Census not yet having been completed.
The full figures are not available, but an estimate, based on jobs arising in projects which received industrial development certificates, is as follows:
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Jobs estimated to arise 1970 990 1971 340 1972 540 1973 (to date) 1, 350 The IDC exemption limit in the region was raised in December 1970 and again in July 1972. The figures exclude jobs arising from non-manufacturing projects and additional employment in existing buildings. There is no basis for estimating the proportion that results from Government regional policy.