§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of jobs supported by the temporary short-time working compensation scheme for (a) the Workington travel-to-work area, (b) Cumbria and (c) the Northern region for the last month for which statistics are available and the percentage of the total insured working population in each area each figure represents; and if he will give the same figures for February 1980.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonIn February 1981, 1,091 potentially redundant jobs were being supported under the temporary short-time working compensation scheme in the Workington travel-to-work area, 2,809 in Cumbria and 21,120 in the Northern region.
The percentage of the total insured working population in each area is 3.5, 1.4 and 1.5 per cent. respectively.
The numbers of potentially redundant jobs supported by the scheme in February 1980 were 874 in the Workington travel-to-work area, 1,545 in Cumbria and 4,316 in the Northern region.
The percentage of the total insured working population in each area was 2.8, 0.8 and 0.3 per cent. respectively.