HC Deb 08 June 1981 vol 6 cc25-6W
Mr. Campbell-Savours

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total of young people who have registered at careers offices in each of the travel-to-work areas in Cumbria in the last month for which statistics are available.

Mr. Peter Morrison

The following table gives the provisional number of unemployed young people registered at careers offices in the areas specified at 14 May.

Unemployed young people
Carlisle 497
Furness* 352
Kendal* 53

unemployed, the percentage rate of unemployment: and the total numbers of vacancies for (a) the Workington travel-to-work area, (b) Cumbria and (c) each region of England for the last month for which statistics are available.

Mr. Peter Morrison

The following table gives the total numbers registered as unemployed, the percentage rates of unemployment and the numbers of vacancies remaining unfilled at employment offices and at careers offices in the areas specified at May 1981. The figures are provisional. The vacancy statistics relate only to those notified to employment offices and careers offices; vacancies notified to employment offices are estimated to be about one-third of all vacancies in the country as a whole. Because of possible duplication the figures for employment offices and careers offices shuld not be added together. The number of vacancies unfilled on a particular date takes no account of the flow of vacancies being notified, filled or withdrawn during the preceding month, which may reflect activity more closely.

Unemployed young people
Keswick 17
Penrith 73
Whitehaven* 245
Workington* 280
* Travel-to-work areas comprising two or more employment office areas.