§ Mr. Dixonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies have been notified to his Department
Aged under 18 years Aged 18 years and over Males Females Males Females Up to 26 weeks … … … … … 156 239 1,585 634 Over 26 weeks … … … … … 32 24 1,549 546 Total … … … … … … 188 263 3,134 1,180
§ Mr. Dixonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest figures available for the number of people in the area covered by the Jarrow constituency who are (a) on short-time working and (b) registered under a short-term compensation scheme.
18Wsince May 1979 to date in the area covered by Jarrow constituency.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe number of proposed redundancies notified to my Department under the redundancy handling provisions of the Employment Protection Act 1975 for the Jarrow constituency from May 1979 to October 1980 involved 2,959 employees employed at 35 establishments. There is no statutory requirement to notify my Department when proposed redundancies do not take place.
I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the number of redundancies reported to it as due to occur in the Jarrow constituency area from May 1979 to October 1980 involved 1,462 workers at 12 establishments.
These figures are provisional since some redundancies are reported late. Both the Department of Employment and Manpower Services Commission figures are for redundancies involving 10 or more employees.
§ Mr. Dixonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men, women, boys and girls are registered unemployed in the area covered by Jarrow constituency; and how many have been unemployed for six months or longer.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe following table gives for the Jarrow and East Boldon employment office areas, which together closely correspond to the Jarrow constituency, the numbers of people registered as unemployed at 9 October under 18 years of age and 18 years of age and over who had been on the register for the lengths of time specified.
§ Mr. Jim LesterStatistics of short-time working are not available below standard regional level. In the Jarrow constituency, 73 potentially redundant employees were supported under the temporary short-time working compensation scheme in September 1980.