§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many job vacancies remained unfilled in the Northern Region on 31st September.
§ Mr. GoldingAt 2nd September, 9,551 vacancies notified to employment offices
724WOfficial Report the various bodies in Durham and Northumberland to which he makes appointments.
§ Mr. John GrantThe Secretary of State for Employment is responsible for the appointment of the chairman and members of disablement advisory committees which advise him in matters relating to the employment of disabled people. There are 13 such committees in Durham and Northumberland at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Bishop Auckland, Consett, Darlington, Durham, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Mid-Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, South East Northumberland, South East Tyneside, Teesside and Wearside.
§ Mr. Dykesasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a list of all bodies to which he appoints members other than civil servants, distinguishing between full-time and part-time, salaried, fee paid and unpaid appointments, indicating for each category of appointment the number of such appointees.
§ Mr. John GrantThe information is given below:
and 1,000 notified to careers offices remained unfilled in the Northern Region. At 7th October the corresponding figures were 9,342 and 764. The vacancy figures relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices and are not a measure of total vacancies. Because of possible duplication, the two series should not be added together.
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§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the most recent available figures relating to unemployment in the Northern Region; and what were the categories and numbers of workers unemployed.
§ Mr. GoldingI will reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the latest available figures for the employment of registered disabled in the Northern Region.
§ Mr. John GrantI am advised by the Manpower Services Commission that in April 1977 there were 35,812 people registered under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 in the Northern Region. Of these 6,493 were unemployed and most of the remainder were probably in employment. It is not however possible to be precise about this because the register of disabled people can never be fully up to date.
The Government are concerned about the level of unemployment generally
Payments from Redundancy Fund Period Employers Share of Payments Direct Payments to employees Rebates to employers Total amount paid to employees £ £ £ £ 1976 … … 87,892,000 13,378,000 87,892,000 189,162,000 1977— January … … 6,842,000 1,143,000 6,842,000 14,827,000 February … … 6,151,000 1,530,000 6,151,000 13,832,000 March … … 6,633,000 1,426,000 6,633,000 14,692,000 April … … 5,634,000 979,000 5,634,000 12,247,000 May … … 6,197,000 1,309,000 6,197,000 13,703,000 June … … 6,079,000 1,096,000 6,079,000 13,254,000 July … … 7,087,000 1,006,000 7,087,000 15,180,000 August … … 6,880,000 1,655,000 6,875,000 15,410,000 September … … 5,678,000 1,772,000 5,336,000 12,786,000