HC Deb 09 June 1975 vol 893 cc21-3W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

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

Numbers unemployed at March 1975*
Kirkby Employment Office area Merseyside Special Development Area
Occupational group Males Females Males Females
Managerial (general management) 30
Professional and related supporting management and administration 2 168 31
Professional and related in education, welfare and health 2 8 100 127
Literary, artistic and sports 4 124 36
Professional and related in science, engineering, technology and similar fields 7 274 30
Managerial, excluding general management 13 487 36
Clerical and related 43 120 2,237 2,454
Selling 12 109 615 1,161
Security and protective service 17 1 232 5
Catering, cleaning, hairdressing and other personal service 50 50 696 809
Farming, fishing and related 2 95 14
Materials processing, excluding metal 23 4 306 27
Making and repairing, excluding metal and electrical 103 15 1,240 230
Processing, making, repairing and related (metal and electrical) 318 6 4,731 38
Painting, repetitive assembling, product inspecting, packaging and related 67 50 1,042 385
Construction, mining and related not identified elsewhere 297 4,277
Transport operating, materials moving and storing and related 284 3 3,441 45
Miscellaneous 1,892 364 22,764 2,308
Total: All occupations 3,136 730 42,859 7,736
* The figures relate only to those recorded at employment offices and do not include data from careers offices.

skillcentres for each occupational group in which training is given is as follows:

Mr. Harold Walker,

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 5th May 1975; Vol. 891, c. 321), gave the following information:

The number of places available at skillcentres for each occupational group in which training is given is as follows:

Training places available at March 1975
Occupational group Kirkby Merseyside
Catering, cleaning, hairdressing and other personal service 25
Making and repairing, excluding metal and electrical 12
Processing, making, repairing and related (metal and electrical) 106 599
Construction, mining and related not identified elsewhere 28 189
134 825

In both tables the figures given for Kirkby are included in the figures for Merseyside.