§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many construction workers were employed at the latest convenient date in (a) Wolverhampton, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England and Wales as a whole; and what percentage of (i) those unemployed and (ii) the available work force this represents in each case.
§ Mr. Jim LesterAt June 1977, the latest date for which employment estimates for local areas are available, there were 8,332 employees in employment in the construction industry in the Wolverhampton travel-to-work area. These represented 90.8 per cent. of all construction employees, employed and unemployed, in that area.
The latest national and regional provisional employment estimates are for June 1980. At that date there were 102,600 employees in the construction
Year Number of school and college leavers who registered for employment with the Careers Service Number of school and college leavers who were placed in employment by the Careers Service Number of young people recruited to the Youth Opportunities Programme by the Careers Service† 1 October 1974 to 30 September 1975 … —* 690 — 1 October 1975 to 30 September 1976 … —* 850 — 1 October 1976 to 30 September 1977 … —* 1,075 — 1 October 1977 to 30 September 1978 … 2,766 719 547‡ 1 October 1978 to 30 September 1979 … 3,016 748 1,620 1 October 1979 to 30 September 1980 … 3,535 339 2,331 * This information was not collected before October 1977. † These figures relate to all young people recruited to the Youth Opportunities Programme by the Careers Service, including school and college leavers. ‡ 1 March 1978 to 30 September 1978.