§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number and percentage of unemployed persons registered with the Camberley and Frimley Employment Exchange; and how these figures are divided between the different employment categories.
§ Mr. Golding,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 24th January; Vol. 924, c. 455], gave the following information:
In the area covered by the Camberley employment office—which includes Frimley—1,074 people were registered as unemployed in January 1977. Rates of unemployment are calculated for travel-to-work areas as a whole and not separately for the constituent parts. At January 1977 the rate for the Weybridge travel-to-work area, which comprises Weybridge, Camberley and Woking was 3.3 per cent. These figures are provisional. The following table shows an industrial analysis of the numbers unemployed in the Camberley Employment 769W Office area at August 1976. These analyses are made quarterly but, because of industrial action by some staff in the Department of Employment Group, the November count was incomplete.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 24 Mining and quarrying 3 Food, drink and tobacco 3 Coal and petroleum products 3 Chemicals and allied industries 12 Metal manufacture 2 Mechanical engineering 91 Instrument engineering 16 Electrical engineering 21 Vehicles 13 Metal goods not elsewhere specified 16 Textiles, leather, leather goods, and fur 3 Clothing and footwear 4 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 9 Timber, furniture, etc. 13 Paper, printing and publishing 13 Other manufacturing industries 19 Construction 117 Gas, electricity and water 9 Transport and communication 68 Distributive trades 100 Insurance, banking finance and business services 35 Professional and scientific services 50 Miscellaneous services 99 Public administration and defence 82 Not classified by industry* 398 Total 1,223† * includes school leavers. † 3.9 per cent.
§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number and percentage of unemployed persons in that area of the Runnymede District which comes within the North West Surrey constituency who are currently registered with the Staines Employment Exchange; and how these figures are divided between the different categories.
§ Mr. Golding, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 24th January, Vol. 924; c. 455], gave the following information:
Numbers unemployed are compiled only for employment office areas as a whole, and unemployment rates for travel-to-work areas as a whole. At January 1977, 1,145 people were registered as unemployed in the Staines employment office area. The unemployment rate at the same date for the Greater London travel-to-work area, which includes Staines, was 4.3 per cent. These figures are provisional. The following table shows an industrial analysis of the numbers unemployed in the Staines employment office area at August 1976. These anlyses are made quarterly but, 770W because of industrial action by some staff in the Department of Employment Group, the November count was incomplete.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 11 Mining and quarrying 2 Food, drink and tobacco 13 Coal and petroleum products 24 Chemicals and allied industries 12 Metal manufacture 4 Mechanical engineering 56 Instrument engineering 11 Electrical engineering 20 Shipbuilding and marine engineering 2 Vehicles 20 Metal goods not elsewhere specified 36 Clothing and footwear 5 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 14 Timber, furniture, etc. 4 Paper, printing and publishing 11 Other manufacturing industries 20 Construction 124 Gas, electricity and water 13 Transport and communication 145 Distributive trades 99 Insurance, banking finance and business services 40 Professional and scientific services 67 Miscellaneous services 147 Public administration and defence 61 Not classified by industy* 229 Total 1,241† * Includes school leavers. † 4.4 per cent.