§ Mr. Litherlandasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current figure for unemployment in the city of Manchester; and what are the percentages of male and female unemployment in the Manchester, Central constituency.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonAt 15 January there were 71,703 people registered as unemployed in the Manchester travel-to-work area, which includes the Manchester, Central constituency, and the unemployment rates were 12.4 per cent, for males and 6.6 per cent, for females. Percentage rates of unemployment are calculated only for complete travel-to-work areas.
§ Mr. Litherlandasked the Secretary of State for Employment, what are the most recent figures of decline in job availability in the city of Manchester from 1976 to 1981.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonAt 2 January 1976 the numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled at employment offices and at careers offices in the Manchester travel-to-work area were 1,895 and 728, respectively. The corresponding figures at 9 January 1981 were 1,671 at employment offices and 65 at careers offices. Vacancies notified to employment offices are estimated to be about one-third of all vacancies in the country as a whole.426W Because of possible duplication the figures for employment offices and careers offices should not be added together.