§ Mr. Cowansasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many partially disabled persons are registered for employment in the Newcastle, Central employment exchange area; for what periods they have been unemployed; and what employment opportunities are available to them.
§ Mr. GoldingI will reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Cowansasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the number of workers involved in redundancies in the recorded closures of manufacturing industrial establishments who resided within the Newcastle, Central area, in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that this information is not available in the form requested. However, the numbers of workers notified to the Employment Service Agency as due to be made redundant as a result of closures of manufacturing industrial establishments within the 697W Tyneside travel-to-work area, in each of the last three years, are as follows:
1974 290 1975 1,140 1976 300
§ Mr. Cowansasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of cases heard by industrial tribunals in Newcastle Central area during 1975, and to the latest available date, with the outcome and the number of cases currently outstanding.
§ Mr. Harold Walker473 cases were heard in 1975, and 497 in 1976 in the period up to 3rd December, in the Newcastle, Central area. These cases, however, originated anywhere in the counties of Northumberland or Durham, or in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. Information about the outcome of these cases is not available. Three hundred and thirty-two cases were outstanding on 3rd December, but, on the basis of past ex-experience, about half of them are likely to be withdrawn as a result of a conciliated settlement, or for some other reason, and thus not reach a hearing.
§ Mr. Cowansasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average number of insured workers registering each week as wholly unemployed in the Newcastle, Central employment exchange area in each year from 1973 to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. GoldingThe numbers registered as unemployed are counted on a selected day in each month. The following table shows the numbers unemployed in the
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AREA ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (ORDERS III-XIX OF THE STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 1968) Employees in employment Numbers registered as unemployed Males('000) Females('000) Total('000) Males Females Total June 1971 … … 34.7 9.5 43.8 818 139 957 June 1972 … … 31.5 9.3 40.7 985 147 1,132 June 1973 … … 32.1 9.0 41.1 1,008 136 1,144 June 1974 … … 30.8 9.0 39.8 870 194 1,064 June 1975 … … 30.7 8.5 39.2 1,109 250 1,359 June 1976 … … .. .. .. 1,246 343 1,589 It should be noted that the information given cannot be used to calculate meaningful unemployment rates for Newcastle upon Tyne as it is a part only of the very much larger Tyneside travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. Cowansasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many men
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NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AREA 1973 1974 1975 1976 January 7,924 5,762 .. 9,895 February 7,334 5,840 6,510 8,594 March 7,030 5,722 6,427 8,445 April 6,900 5,710 6,715 8,433 May 6,582 5,659 6,659 8,686 June 6,072 5,455 6,836 9,448 July 5,796 5,921 7,442 10,642 August 6,334 7,526 9,789 10,491 September 5,919 6,942 9,185 10,071 October 5,554 6,148 8,609 9,647 November 5,296 5,872 8,352 .. December 5,201 .. 8,307 .. Because of industrial action by some staff in the Department of Employment group figures are not available for December 1974, January 1975 and November 1976.
§ Mr. Cowansasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of male and female employees registered as industrial workers in the Newcastle, Central employment exchange area and the numbers unemployed for each of the last five years, respectively.
§ Mr. GoldingThe following table shows for the Newcastle upon Tyne employment office area (a) the number of employees in employment in manufacturing industries and (b) the numbers registered as unemployed who last worked in manufacturing industries. The numbers of employees in employment have been taken from the mid-year censuses of employment. The results of the June 1976 census are not yet available.
in the Newcastle, Central employment exchange area aged between 50 and 60 years and between 60 and 64 years are registered as unemployed;
(2) how many persons under 18 years of age are registered as unemployed in the Newcastle, Central employment exchange area at the latest available date.
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§ Mr. GoldingAt July 1976, the latest date for which an analysis by age is available, the numbers registered as unemployed in the Newcastle upon Tyne employment office area included 902 men aged 50 to 59 years, 674 men aged 60 to 64 years and 2,566 young people under 18 years of age. This latter figure include 2,010 school leavers. At October 1976, the latest date for which this information is available, the number of school leavers had fallen to 943.
§ Mr. Cowansasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many school leavers since the last school leaving date are registered as unemployed in the Newcastle, Central employment exchange area.
§ Mr. GoldingOn 14th October, the latest date for which statistics are available, 943 school leavers under the age of 18 were registered as unemployed in the area of the Newcastle upon Tyne careers service. These statistics do not identify the date of leaving school, but it is known that the majority are this summer's school leavers who registered on or after 28th May.