§ Mr. Maurice Macmillanasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people will have become employed through the youth opportunities programme in the Farnham parliamentary constituency by 1st June; and how many young people in the Farnham parliamentary constituency are eligible under the programme.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that statistics showing the number of young people who had become employed through the youth opportunities programme in the Farnham parliamentary constituency by 1st June are not yet available. However, the number of places which had been approved by that date was 21. The number of young people in the Farnham parliamentary constituency who were eligible under the programme at 1st June was 23.
§ Mr. Maurice Macmillanasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will set out in the Official Report in tabular form, for each of the employment service offices within the Farnham parliamentary constituency (a) the number of persons unemployed by previous trade, (b) the number of unemployed young people who have had no employment for more than three months since leaving school and are at the present time registered as unemployed, (c) the number of registered unemployed graduates under 40 years, (d) the number of unemployed graduates over 40 years, and (e) the number of vacancies for each trade for the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. GoldingThe table below gives the numbers registered as unemployed, analysed according to the industry in which they last worked, the numbers of unfilled vacancies in these industries, and the numbers of unemployed school leavers at 11th May 1978 in the area covered by the Farnham, Goldaming and Liphook employment offices, which closely corresponds to the Farnham parliamentary constituency. Statistics are available of the total numbers of unemployed school leavers but not of those unemployed for more than three months. The statistics do not separately identify graduates from others unemployed.
Following is the table:
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Farnham Godalming Liphook Unfilled Vacancies Unfilled Vacancies Unfilled Vacancies Unemployment At Employment Office At Careers Office Unemployment At Employment Office At Careers Office Unemployment At Employment Office Agriculture, forestry, fishing 15 — 5 17 11 2 14 1 Mining and quarrying — — — — — — — — Food, drink and tobacco 1 — — 1 — — 3 — Coal and petroleum products — — — — — — — — Chemicals and allied industries 2 — — 1 3 — 3 — Metal manufacture 1 — — — — — 2 1 Mechanical engineering 21 11 5 21 7 3 7 — Instrument engineering 1 4 3 — 3 3 2 — Electrical engineering 3 4 — 4 2 1 3 1 Shipbuilding and marine engineering — — — 1 — — 1 — Vehicles 1 1 1 6 5 — 5 — Metal goods not elsewhere specified 6 5 1 2 11 1 6 1 Textiles 1 1 — 3 4 5 — — Leather, leather goods and fur — — — — — — — — Clothing and footwear — 1 — 1 1 — 1 — Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 1 2 — — — — 3 1 Timber, furniture, etc. 6 7 2 1 — 1 2 1 Paper, printing and publishing 5 2 2 3 — — 6 1 Other manufacturing industries 7 3 3 5 8 — 6 2 Construction 31 18 4 21 21 — 52 7 Gas, electricity and water — 1 — 4 3 — 3 — Transport and communication 22 1 — 9 19 — 17 — Distributive trades 51 19 8 19 25 23 30 — Insurance, banking, finance and business services 12 2 2 14 14 3 5 1 Professional and scientific services 21 16 1 25 71 3 22 2 Miscellaneous services 52 43 12 29 63 — 45 3 Public administration and defence 58 3 1 33 10 3 33 4 Not elsewhere specified(including school leavers) 56 106 36 Number of unemployed school leavers (included above) 8 5 — 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 figures should not be added together.
There is no careers office at Liphook.
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