§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs in total are supported by the 311W temporary short-time working compensation scheme for each travel-to-work area in the West Midlands for the last month for which statistics are available; what percentage of the total insured working population in each area each figure represents; and if he will give the figure for the corresponding period in 1979 and 1980.
April 1981 April 1980 August 1979† A B A B A B Area Number of jobs stated as being at risk in original applications Column A as a percentage of all employed and registered unemployed people* Number of jobs stated as being at risk in original applications Column A as a percentage of all employed and registered unemployed people* Number of jobs stated as being at risk in original applications Column A as a percentage of all employed and registered unemployed people* Birmingham Travel-to-work area 22,815 3.3 1,963 0.3 192 0.0 Coventry Travel-to-work area 11,136 4.6 729 0.3 1,570 0.6 Dudley and Sandwell Travel to-work area 22,987 7.8 1,754 0.6 2,178 0.7 Kidderminster Travel-to-work area 2,217 5.5 1,267 3.1 116 0.3 Oakengates Travel-to-work area 1,007 1.7 182 0.3 — — Stafford Travel-to-work area 1,085 2.0 — — — . Stoke-on-Trent Travel-to-work area 9,917 4.8 2,360 1.1 196 0.1 Walsall Travel-to-work area 8,872 5.0 1,123 0.6 20 0.0 Wolverhampton Travel-to- work area 5,222 3.6 1,115 0.8 40 0.0 Worcester Travd-to-work area 1,283 1.8 171 0.2 24 0.0 Employment Office Areas 7,764 2.3 1,367 0.4 457 0.1 * Figures are based on the latest available estimates of all employed and registered unemployed people in each case. They do not include members of Her Majesty's Forces or the self-employed.
† Temporary short-time working compensation scheme statistics were not broken down below regional level until August 1979.