§ Mr. Loydenasked the Secretary of State for Employment how much was spent by the Employment Service Agency
Number of placings Proportions 1974 1975 1976 1974 1975 1976 Merseyside … 29,414 20,453 20,825 32.0 22.9 25.2 Liverpool … 11,481 9,561 10,340 31.7 25.3 37.3 Knowsley … 3,482 2,703 2,091 33.3 33.2 30.0 Skelmersdale … 3,231 2,240 2,799 41.3 34.9 42.4 (11 months) (10 months) (10 months)
The areas in the table are those served by the following Employment Service Agency local offices: Merseyside Liverpool Knowsley Skelmersdale Birkenhead Leece Street Kirkby Skelmersdale Bootle City Crosby Williamson Square Ellesmere Port Allerton Garston Hoylake Old Swan Neston Prescot Regent Road Wallasey Walton The numbers of placements include people who were not unemployed but were seeking, and found, help in changing their job. Proportions have been expressed as a percentage of the numbers of unemployed people who registered at the local offices during each of the years. Industrial action by the Civil and Public Servants Association prevented the collection of statistical information for the months of December 1974, January and February 1975 and November and December 1976.