Mr. Sillarasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies have been notified from within Ayrshire in each month of the current year.
§ Mr. GoldingNotified redundancies in Ayrshire since January this year are as follows:
Prior to 8th March the figures given refer to redundancies notified under the voluntary arrangements operated by the Employment Service Agency. From that date the notification requirements under Section 100 of the Employment Protection Act have been in force.
Date Total redundancies notified January … … 343 February … … 180 1st to 6th March … … 40 8th to 31st March … … 229 April … … 1,081 May … … 350 June … … 424
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many school leavers are presently unemployed in each Ayrshire employment exchange area; and how this compares with the position in July 1973;
(2) what is his estimate of the number of young people who have taken up apprenticeships in each Ayrshire employment exchange area this year at the 158W nearest convenient date; and how this compares with the same period in the past three years.
§ Mr. GoldingI regret that the information about apprenticeships is not available. The following figures relate to unemployed school leavers in each careers office area in Ayrshire:
July 1973 Ayr … … … … 52 Troon … … … … 6 Girvan … … … … — Cumnock … … … … 37 Irvine … … … … 45 Kilbirnie … … … … 30 Kilwinning … … … … 25 Saltcoats … … … … 111 Largs … … … … 4 Kilmarnock … … … … 74 Newmilns … … … … 1 … … … … … 385
July 1976 Ayr (which now includes Troon and Girvan) 448 Cumnock 215 Irvine (which now includes Kilbirnie and Kilwinning) 398 Saltcoats (which now includes Largs) 298 Kilmarnock (which now includes Newmilns) 350 … 1709 Note: Most school leavers register with Careers Service but the above figures include the relatively few cases where registration was made at an employment office of the Employment Service Agency.