HC Deb 11 December 1975 vol 902 cc356-61W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers are currently on short-time in Ormskirk.

Mr. John Fraser

In the week commencing 10th November 1975, 236 workers were known by my Department to be on short-time working in the Ormskirk employment office area.

Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many unfilled vacancies there are in each of the main occupational groups in Ormskirk; and what this represents as a percentage of the unemployed in each group;

(2)how many men and women are unemployed in each occupational group in Ormskirk;

(3)how many unfilled vacancies there are in each of the main occupational groups in Kirkby and on Merseyside, respectively; and what these are as a percentage of toltal unemployed in each group.

Mr. John Fraser

The following table shows the numbers of unemployed and of unfilled vacancies. The vacancy statistics relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and are not a measure of total vacancies. A considerable number of unemployed are registered as general labourers, thus indicating that they could do a variety of unskilled work, and are considered for all suitable vacancies and not just those for labourers. For this reason ratios of the numbers of notified vacancies to unemployed are not calculated for the occupational groups.

September 1975
Ormskirk Kirkby Merseyside Special Development Area
Notified unfilled vacancies Unemployed Notified unfilled vacancies Unemployed Notified unfilled vacancies Unemployed
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females
Managerial (general management) 9 64 21
Professional and related supporting management and administration 1 3 181 12 305 52
Professional and related in education, welfare and health 5 5 6 4 7 53 136 176 234
Literary, artistic and sports 1 3 1 5 2 5 2 175 57
Professional and related in science, engineering, technology and similar fields 3 4 1 8 1 210 2 472 56
Managerial (excluding general management) 1 8 14 159 25 655 41
Clerical and related 1 4 59 53 10 24 64 221 122 354 3,279 4,725
Selling 6 3 15 7 16 48 23 137 201 164 829 1,668
Security and protective service 3 4 1 1 17 32 3 262 5
Catering, cleaning, hairdressing and other personal service 8 5 11 4 18 54 53 155 413 756 983
Farming, fishing and related 1 6 7 1 7 1 114 15
Materials processing (excluding metal) (hides, textiles, chemicals, food, drink and tobacco, wood, paper and board, rubber and plastics) 1 2 30 4 16 1 466 30
Making and repairing (excluding metal and electrical) (glass, ceramics, printing, paper products, clothing, footwear, woodworking, rubber and plastics) 2 3 16 1 1 9 119 16 32 100 1,572 352
Processing making, repairing and related (metal and electrical) (iron, steel and other metals, engineering (including installation and maintenance), vehicles and shipbuilding) 14 40 19 1 368 4 239 7 5,420 42
Painting, repetitive assembling, product inspecting, packaging and related 3 1 3 3 9 5 75 41 220 32 1,014 513
Construction, mining and related not identified elsewhere 3 30 324 38 4,751
Transport operating, materials moving and storing and related 2 36 3 8 315 3 69 11 4,276 62
Miscellaneous, including general labourers 13 207 75 2,196 475 18 22 29,162 4,223
The figures do not include data for Careers Offices.

Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs have been lost in each of the men's occupational groups in Ormskirk in the last 10 years; and what job opportunities have replaced them.

Mr. John Fraser

I regret that information about job losses and job gains in each of the men's occupational groups in Ormskirk in the last 10 years is not avail- able. Although information from the 1971 Census of Population gives the numbers of men in occupational groups working in Ormskirk UD, similar information is not available from the results of the 1961 Census of Population. For this reason it is not possible to estimate the net changes within occupational groups over this 10-year period.

Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is the total

UNEMPLOYED AT NOVEMBER 1975
Total unemployed Unemployed aged under 20 included in total Percentage rate of unemployment
Males Females Total Males Females Total
Ormskirk employment office area 450 123 573 88 11.1* 6.2* 9.4*
Kirkby employment office area 3,925 1,222 5,147 1,465 Separate rates not available.—See footnote.
Merseyside Special Development area 57,464 15,538 73,002 15,458 12.2 5.5 9.7
* Rates relate to the Ormskirk travel-to-work area which also includes Skelmersdale.
Note:
Kirkby is part of the Liverpool travel-to-work area. Rates can be calculated for this area as a whole but not separately for its constituent parts. The rates for the travel-to-work area were 12.8 per cent. for males, 5.5 per cent. for females and 10.0 per cent. in total.

Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers are currently on short-time in Kirkby and on Merseyside, respectively.

Mr. John Fraser

In the week commencing 10th November 1975, 36 workers in the Kirkby employment office area and 5,351 workers in the Merseyside Special Development Area were known by my Department to be on short-time working.

Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many building and construction workers are unemployed in Kirkby and on Mersey- side, respectively; and how this compares with the same months in each of the last five years.

number of unemployed in Ormskirk; how many of these are men, how many women and how many juveniles; and what these figures are expressed as a percentage of employees;

(2) what is the total number of unemployed in Kirkby and on Merseyside at the latest available date; how many of these are men, how many women and how many juveniles; and what these figures are in percentage terms of employees.

Mr. John Fraser

From October 1975 there are monthly figures of the numbers unemployed, other than adult students registered for vacation employment, aged under 20. Percentage rates of unemployment, however, are not calculated for separate age groups. Following is the information available.

Mr. John Fraser

Following is the information:

UNEMPLOYED WHO LAST WORKED IN CONSTRUCTION
Kirkby Employment Office area Merseyside Special Development area
November 1975 838 13,434
November 1974 576 10,085
November 1973 543 6,892
November 1972 603 9,351
November 1971 634 9,247
November 1970 415 6,184

Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs have been lost in each of the main industries in Kirkby and on Merseyside, respectively, in the last 10 years; and what job opportunities have replaced them.

Mr. John Fraser

I will reply to my hon. Friend's Quesion as soon as possible.

Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men and women are employed in each occupational group in Kirkby and on Merseyside, respectively; and how many

Kirkby UD Merseyside Conurbation
Males Females Males Females
Farmers, foresters, fishermen 80 20 2,840 270
Miners and quarrymen 60
Gas, coke and chemicals makers 260 6,020 740
Glass and Ceramics makers 260 640 100
Furnace, forge, foundry rolling mill workers 360 110 1,060 20
Electrical and electronic workers 640 200 13,600 2,340
Engineering and allied trades workers NEC 5,820 1,960 60,350 5,690
Woodworkers 1,200 20 8,150 80
Leather workers 10 560 500
Textile workers 10 30 530 760
Clothing workers 20 180 1,340 5,290
Food, drink and tobacco workers 570 770 8,190 5,360
Paper and printing workers 250 340 5,380 2,160
Makers of other products 210 80 3,770 2,040
Construction workers 570 11,480 10
Painters and decorators 330 10 5,360 150
Drivers of stationary engines, cranes, etc. 850 7,320 40
Labourers NEC 1,980 290 26,240 4,000
Transport and communications workers 920 50 42,170 3,070
Warehousemen, storekeepers, packers, bottlers 960 1,000 10,720 11,030
Clerical workers 1,350 2,100 30,800 67,030
Sales workers 550 470 24,840 28,560
Service, sport and recreation workers 700 1,670 21,420 45,920
Administrators and managers 890 40 17,730 1,610
Professional, technical workers, artists 1,850 900 33,790 26,230
Armed Forces (British and foreign) 20 660 30
Inadequately described Occupations 150 140 1,920 2,220
Total 20,550 10,380 346,940 215,250
NEC=Not elsewhere classified.

I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the number of skill-centre places available at Kirkby and Merseyside, including Liverpool, Runcorn, St. Helens and Kirkby, are, by broad occupational groups:

Kirkby Merseyside
Construction 14 222
Engineering production 36 246
Engineering servicing 64
Electrical/electronics 96
Plant and automotive 48 170
General servicing 12
Miscellaneous 42
Short industrial courses 24
Total 98 876

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