§ Mr. Gwilym Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest unemployment figures for the Rugeley employment office area; and if he will give the comparative figures for 1978 and 1979.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe following table gives the numbers of people registered as unemployed in the Rugeley employment office area at the dates specified.
12 October 1978 725 11 October 1979 704 9 October 1980 1,421
§ Mr. Gwilym Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest unemployment figures for the
280Wjob; and if, in each case, he will provide comparable figures for 1979 and 1978.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe following table gives the numbers of registered unemployed young people aged 18 years and under in Staffordshire and the West Midlands region who, at the dates specified, had not been in employment since completing full-time education.
there are in (a) Cannock and (b) Rugeley who have never had a job; and if, in each case, he will provide comparable figures for 1979 and 1978.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe following table gives the numbers of registered unemployed young people aged 18 years and under in the Cannock and Rugeley employment office areas who, at the dates specified, had not been in employment since completing full-time education.
Cannock employment office area; and if he will give the comparative figures for 1978 and 1979.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe following table gives the numbers of people registered as unemployed in the Cannock employment office area at the dates specified.
12 October 1978 2,040 11 October 1979 2,281 9 October 1980 3,555
§ Mr. Gwilym Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons are currently being supported by the temporary short-time working scheme in the Cannock and Rugeley employment office areas.
§ Mr. Jim LesterI shall be writing to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Gwilym Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will take steps to make the necessary alterations in the statistics published for unemployment and other employment data, so that figures for the Cannock and 281W Rugeley employment office areas are directly available.
§ Mr. Jim LesterMonthly unemployment figures are published in theEmployment Gazette for a selection of employment office areas only, in order to keep down printing and publication costs. They are available on request from the individual employment offices or from regional offices of the Manpower Services Commission. In the case of Cannock and Rugeley figures are given in a monthly notice distributed by the West Midlands regional office in Birmingham. Employment figures from the censuses of employment are also not published for individual offices to save costs, but are again available on request.