§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number unemployed by order of the standard industrial classification and the number of vacancies in the North-West, Merseyside, Kirkby and Ormskirk.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe following table gives the numbers registered as unemployed and the numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled at November 1980, analysed by order of the standard industrial classification 1968. The unemployment figures relate to the industry in which the unemployed person last worked. The vacancy statistics relate only to those notified to employment offices and careers offices; vacancies notified to employment offices are estimated to be about one-third of all vacancies in the economy as a whole. Because of possible duplication, the figures for employment offices and careers offices should not be added together.
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North West region Number of notified vacancies remaining unfilled Order of the Standard Industrial Classification 1968 Numbers unemployed At employment offices At careers offices Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1,892 18 6 Mining and quarrying 1,357 1 — Food, drink and tobacco 10,584 131 3 Coal and petroleum products 473 31 — Chemicals and allied industries 6,466 131 4 Metal manufacture 3,489 22 1 Mechanical engineering 10,429 219 1 Instrument engineering 518 24 — Electrical engineering 6,676 185 2 Shipbuilding and marine engineering 1,904 16 — Vehicles 6,287 106 3 Metal goods not elsewhere specified 6,908 96 6 Textiles 15,356 99 5 Leather, leather goods and fur 860 22 3 Clothing and footwear 7,186 221 12 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 3,450 30 — Timber, furniture, etc. 3,748 82 2 Paper, printing and publishing 4,756 89 3 Other manufacturing industries 6,130 64 6 Construction 38,605 405 13 Gas, electricity and water 1,180 42 1 Transport and communication 14,474 266 16 Distributive trades 32,057 1,682 56
Numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled Order of the Standard Industrial Classification 1968 Numbers unemployed At employment offices At careers offices Insurance, banking, finance and business services 5,973 479 14 Professional and scientific services 10,272 750 15 Miscellaneous services 34,195 1,747 26 Public administration and defence 12,831 757 12 Not classified by industry* 63,896 — — * Includes school-leavers. 144W
Merseyside Special Development Area Numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled Order of the Standard Industrial Classification 1968 Numbers unemployed At employment offices At careers offices Agriculture, forestry and fishing 368 3 — Mining and quarrying 128 — — Food, drink and tobacco 5,228 45 — Coal and petroleum products 296 28 — Chemicals and allied industries 2,001 31 1 Metal manufacture 818 7 — Mechanical engineering 2,079 27 — Instrument engineering 104 2 — Electrical engineering 2,095 24 — Shipbuilding and marine engineering 1,659 2 — Vehicles 1,930 8 — Metal goods not elsewhere specified 2,326 32 — Textiles 666 7 — Leather, leather goods and fur 199 5 1 Clothing and footwear 1,197 20 1 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 536 12 — Timber, furniture, etc. 1,142 18 1 Paper, printing and publishing 1,132 11 — Other manufacturing industries 1,981 9 — Construction 14,368 94 — Gas, electricity and water 387 9 — Transport and communication 6,634 96 — Distributive trades 9,640 370 3 Insurance, banking, finance and business services 2,094 134 2 Professional and scientific services 3,218 214 2 Miscellaneous services 12,472 454 1 Public administration and defence 4,667 228 2 Not classified by industry* 23,315 — — — — * Includes school-leavers
Kirkby employment office area Numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled Order of the Standard Industrial Classification 1968 Numbers unemployed At employment offices At careers offices Agriculture, forestry and fishing 31 — — Mining and quarrying 3 — — Food, drink and tobacco 421 1 — Coal and petroleum products 7 — — Chemicals and allied industries 126 1 — Metal manufacture 64 1 — Mechanical engineering 302 — — Instrument engineering 6 — — Electrical engineering 309 — — Shipbuilding and marine engineering 44 — — Vehicles 97 — — Metal goods not elsewhere specified 232 2 — Textiles 35 — — Leather, leather goods and fur 4 — — Clothing and footwear 96 — — Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 37 — — Timber, furniture, etc. 249 5 — Paper, printing and publishing 101 1 — Other manufacturing industries 66 — — Construction 870 3 — Gas, electricity and water 12 — — Transport and communication 365 — — Distributive trades 516 2 — Insurance, banking, finance and business services 84 33 — Professional and scientific services 86 2 — Miscellaneous services 782 4 — Public administration and defence 295 7 — Not classified by industry* 1,332 — — * Includes school-leavers 145W
Ormskrik employment office area align="center">Numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled Order of the Standard Industrial Classification 1968 Numbers unemployed At employment offices At careers offices Agriculture, forestry and fishing 39 1 — Mining and quarrying 2 — — Food, drink and tobacco 23 1 — Coal and petroleum products 2 — — Chemicals and allied industries 18 — — Metal manufacture 2 — — Mechanical engineering 80 1 — Instrument engineering —
— — Electrical engineering 19 — — Shipbuilding and marine engineering 3 — — Vehicles 27 — — Metal goods not elsewhere specified 20 — — Textiles 15 1 —
Numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled Order of the Standard Industrial Classification 1968 Numbers unemployed At employment offices At careers offices Leather, leather goods and fur — — — Clothing and footwear 5 — — Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 5 — — Timber, furniture, etc. 62 — — Paper, printing and Publishing 20 — — Other manufacturing industries 15 — — Construction 129 1 — Gas, electricity and water 6 — — Transport and communication 71 — — Distributive trades 166 6 1 Insurance, banking, finance and business services 34 1 — Professional and scientific services 74 8 — Miscellaneous services 115 4 — Public administration and defence 70 7 — Not classified by industry* 213 — — * Includes school-leavers
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of (a) men, (b) women and (c) young people unemployed at the latest available date in (i) the North-West, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) Kirkby, (iv) Ormskirk, and the number of vacancies in each place for each category of worker.
§ Mr. Jim LesterTable 1 gives the numbers of males and females registered as unemployed at 13 November and the number of vacancies remaining unfilled at 7 November at employment offices and careers offices in the areas specified. These are available monthly. The numbers of unemployed young people are available from the quarterly age analysis and the latest date for which this information is available is 9 October. Table 2 gives the numbers under 20 years of age at that date.
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Table 1 Numbers unemployed at 13 November 1980 Notified vacancies* remaining unfilled at 7 November 1980 Male Female At employment offices At Careers offices North-West region 215,274 96,678 7,715 210 Merseyside Special Development Area 71,818 30,862 1,890 14 Kirkby employment office area 4,775 1,797 62 — Ormskirk employment office area 766 469 31 1 *The vacancy statistics relate only to those notified to employment offices and careers offices; vacancies notified to employment offices are estimated to be about one-third of all vacancies in the country as a whole. Because of possible duplication the figures for employment offices and careers offices should not be added together.
Table 2 Numbers under 20 years of age unemployed at 9 October 1980 North West region 67,548 Merseyside Special Development Area 23,722 Kirkby employment office area 1,452 Ormskirk employment office area 283
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the percentage by which unemployment has increased since May 1979 in (a) the North-West, (b) Merseyside, (c) Ormskirk, and (d) Kirkby.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe following table gives the percentage increases in the numbers registered as unemployed between May 1979 and November 1980 in the areas specified. The figures on which the increases have been based include school leavers, numerically greater in November than in May. Moreover, they are not adjusted for seasonal influences, which normally lead to unemployment being higher in November than in May. Additionally, the figures are not strictly comparable because of the introduction, in September 1979, of fortnightly attendance and payment of benefit. It has been estimated that the resulting spurious effect is an increase of 2,600 on the monthly figures for the North-West region as a whole from October 1979. Estimates of this effect below regional level are not available but for the country as a whole they are about 1½ per cent. higher than under weekly attendance.
Increase in the numbers registered as unemployed between May 1979 and November 1980 per cent. North West region 63.3 Merseyside Special Development Area 23.2 Kirkby employment office area 24.1 Ormskirk employment office area 73.5