§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons, both male and female, were placed in employment by the Workington jobcentre in the last month for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonWorkington jobcentre placed 62 people—38 males and 24 females—in employment in the four-week period ending 12 March 1981, the latest for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of young people who have registered at careers offices in each of the travel-to-work areas in Cumbria during the last month for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonFor young people under 20, registered at jobcentres, employment and careers offices, the figures for January 1981 were:
Furness TTWA 802 Kendal TTWA 256 Whitehaven TTWA 698 Workington TTWA 764 Carlisle EOA 1016 Keswick EOA 39 Penrith EOA 204 Cumbria County 3779 For school leavers under 18, registered at jobcentres, employment and careers offices, at March 1981:
Furness TTWA 136 Kendal TTWA 25 Whitehaven TTWA 133 296W
Unfilled Vacancies Number unemployed Percentage rate of unemployment At employment offices At careers offices Workington (travel-to-work area) 4,459 14.2 155 1 Cumbria 19,250 9.8 972 33 South-East 548,121 7.2 36,307 2,120 East Anglia 61,969 8.6 3,348 137 South-West 156,510 9.4 8,861 256 West Midlands 286,279 12.3 6,435 510 East Midlands 152,620 9.5 5,525 283
Workington TTWA 126 Carlisle EOA 148 Keswick EOA 0 Penrith EOA 35 Cumbria County 603 The youth opportunities programme, which in 1981–82 has been expanded to provide up to 450,000 places, exists to help unemployed young people with relevant work experience and training courses.
§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the rate of unemployment, both male and female, for the Workington travel-to-work area for the last month for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonAt 9 April the provisional rates of unemployment in the Workington travel-to-work area for males and females were 14.2 and 14.3 per cent., respectively.
§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many places made available under the special measures programmes of the Manpower Services Commission were sponsored by the Allendale district council during the last month for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonAllendale district council sponsored 13 new places for unemployed young people under the youth opportunities programme and 14 new places for unemployed adults under the special temporary employment programme in March 1981.