§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons under 18 years of age are unemployed in the Northern Region at the latest available date.
§ Mr. John FraserOn 14th July 1975, 11,128 young people aged under 18 were unemployed in the North Region. Precise information about those aged under 18 is available only from the detailed analyses made in January and July each year. However, each month from October 1975 additional information is being compiled for unemployed teenagers—i.e., unemployed people under the age of 20 other than adult students registered for vacation employment. On 9th October 18,922 teenagers were unemployed in the North Region.
§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the figures for registered unemployed and unfilled vacancies in the Northern Region, respectively, for the latest month for which statistics are available, in comparison with the levels for 1973 and 1974.
§ Mr. John FraserThe following table shows the information. The vacancy statistics relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices and are not a measure of total vacancies.
and careers offices cannot be added together.
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§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of those currently registered unemployed in the Northern Region are over 60 years of age; and how this compares with the remainder in Great Britain.
§ Mr. John FraserOn 14th July 1975, the most recent date for which detailed information is available, 101 per cent. of unemployed persons in the North Region were aged 60 and over compared with 10.9 per cent. in the remainder of Great Britain.
§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the numbers of employees in employment in manufacturing industries in the Northern Region in each of the last four years.
§ Mr. John FraserFollowing is the information. The estimate for June 1975 is from the new quarterly employment series and is provisional.
Estimated number of employees in employment in the North Region in manufacturing industries: June 1972 432,900 June 1973 450,400 June 1974 467,100 June 1975 450,700
§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the number of apprenticeships that are on record at present at employment offices in the Northern Region.
§ Mr. John FraserI regret that this information is not available and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost. Monthly statistics of unfilled vacancies do not identify the type of employment to which they relate.
§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many building trade craftsmen are unemployed in the Northern Region, to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. John FraserThe following table shows an occupational analysis of unemployed males registered at employment offices who last worked in construction.
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Unemployed Males in the North Region at September 1975: Construction Site and other managers, agents and clerks of works, general foremen (building and civil engineering) 49 Carpenters and joiners (construction sites and maintenance) 797
Maintenace fitters (non-electrical) plant and industrial machinery 166 Electricians (installation and maintenance) premises and ships 249 Cable jointers and linesmen 6 Plumbers, pipe fitters 426 Heating and ventilating engineering fitters 51 Gas fitters 49 Steel erectors 138 Scaffolders, stagers 127 Steel benders, bar benders and fixers 82 Painters and decorators 576 Bricklayers 573 Fixer/walling masons 9 Plasterers 307 Floor and wall tilers, terazzo workers 35 Roofers and slaters 118 Glaziers 17 Asphalt and bitumen road surfacers 28 Other roadmen 64 Concrete erectors/assemblers 3 Concrete levellers/screeders 17 Mains and service layers and pipe jointers (gas, water, drainage, oil) 57 Mechanical plant drivers/operators (earth moving and civil engineering) 148 Crane drivers/operators 60 Fork lift and other mechanical truck drivers/operators 35 All other occupations, including labourers 12,376 Total, all occupations 16,563 The table does not include data from careers offices.
§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are awaiting admission to Government training centres in the Northern Region; and what is the maximum waiting period for admission.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that 905 people in the Standard Northern Region are awaiting admission to skillcentres, formerly Government training centres. The waiting period varies between centres and courses. In most engineering and some construction trades the waiting period is up to three months; in others it is six to 12 months. In eight trades the waiting is over 12 months; the maximum, in one trade only, being 2½ years.