HC Deb 22 November 1977 vol 939 cc723-5W
Mr. Woof

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many job vacancies remained unfilled in the Northern Region on 31st September.

Mr. Golding

At 2nd September, 9,551 vacancies notified to employment offices

Official Report the various bodies in Durham and Northumberland to which he makes appointments.

Mr. John Grant

The 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. Dykes

asked 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 Grant

The 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.

Mr. Woof

asked 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. Golding

I will reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.

Mr. Woof

asked 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 Grant

I 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

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