§ 10. Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Employment what further measures he plans to announce which will help to alleviate unemployment on Merseyside.
§ Mr. GoldingThe Government intend to introduce a scheme of wage-related support to help a firm restructure its activities with the aim of safeguarding employment which would otherwise disappear. In addition, a special working party has been set up to look at measures to tackle the problem of long-term unemployed people in Liverpool.
§ 39. Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of (a) men, (b) women and (c) juveniles unemployed, respectively, on Merseyside, in Kirkby and in Ormskirk at the latest available date.
§ Mr. GoldingFollowing is the information at 11 January, the latest date for which an age analysis of the unemployed is available:
The seasonally adjusted figures for March of each year are 22,214,000 in 1974, 22,238,000 in 1975, 22,042,000 in 1976, 22,139,000 in 1977 and 22,189,000 in 1978. The seasonally adjusted figure for September 1978, the latest date for which information is available, is 22,240,000. The figures from March 1977 are provisional.