§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the circumstances which prematurely terminated the job creation project sponsored by the Victoria Settlement, Liverpool, redecorating pensioners' homes.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that no projects sponsored by the Victoria Settle-
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§ Mr. GoldingIn the following table, unemployment and vacancy figures are shown for Merseyside Special Development Area and Great Britain. The information is for October 1976 and is provisional.
Recent movements in the numbers unemployed, and the numbers of notified vacancies unfilled, in the Merseyside Special Development Area in the past year are shown in the table below. The unemployment figures for recent months have been particularly affected by changes in the numbers of school leavers on the register.
ment have been prematurely terminated, following union representations, although the people employed on one project have stopped painting houses and are now painting youth clubs and community halls.