§ Mr. Moonmanasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs have been lost in each of the men's occupational groups in Basildon in the last five years; and what job opportunities have replaced them.
§ Mr. BoothI regret that information about job losses and job gains in each of the men's occupational groups in Basildon in the last five years is not available. Information about the numbers in employment in occupation groups is at present only available from Censuses of Population, the latest of which was held in April 1971.
§ Mr. Moonmanasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men and women are unemployed in each occupational group in Basildon.
§ Mr. John FraserFollowing is the information:
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§ Mr. Moonmanasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers are currently on short-time in Basildon and Essex, respectively.
§ Mr. John FraserIn the week commencing 10th November 1975, 278 workers in the Basildon employment office area and 3,310 workers in Essex were known by my Department to be on short-time working.
NUMBERS UNEMPLOYED IN EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AREAS Minehead Burnham-on-Sea Bridgwater November 1975 … … … 593 450 936 November 1974 … … … 297 303 663 November 1973 … … … 199 186 303
§ Mr. Tom Kingasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many skillcentres have been set up by the Manpower Services Commission in the area covered by the Bridgwater parliamentary constituency; and what other steps are being taken to reduce the level of unemployment in the area.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerI will reply to the hon. Gentleman's Question as soon as possible.