§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for Employment what information his Department has as to the prevalence of agreements between employers and trade
North-West region Merseyside special development area Kirkby employment office area Ormskirk employment office area Males: Aged under 18 years 9,201 3,785 255 36 Aged 18–19 years 13,509 6,147 375 54 Aged 20 years and over 133,395 53,881 3,469 454 Females: Aged under 18 years 7,832 3,196 217 21 Aged 18–19 years 10,234 4,575 283 22 Aged 20 years and over 52,188 20,880 1,023 288 School leavers under 18 years of age 8,227 4,143 320 21 Notified vacancies remaining unfilled*: At employment offices 14,483 2,538 123 47 At careers offices 1,049 48 2 7 * 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.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many adults and young people have been unemployed (a) for one year and (b) for two years in (i) the North-West, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) Kirkby and (iv) Ormskirk.
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North-West region Merseyside special development area Kirkby employment office area Ormskirk employment office area Unemployed for over 52 and up to 104 weeks: Aged under 18 years 433 305 18 2 Aged 18–19 years 2,248 1,502 81 2 Aged 20 years and over 24,013 12,066 697 73 Unemployed for over 104 weeks: Aged under 18 years 31 18 1 — Aged 18–19 years 553 403 46 — Aged 20 years and over 31,810 17,481 1,243 89 unions on minimum ages for recruitment to the public and private sectors; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MayhewI shall reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.