Mr. Campbell-Savours1asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of jobs being supported by the temporary short-time working compensation scheme for (a) the Workington travel-to-work area, (b) Cumbria and (c) the Northern region during 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 January 1980.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonIn January 1981, 1,075 potentially redundant jobs were being supported under the 327W temporary short-time working compensation scheme in the Workington travel-to-work area, 1,858 in Cumbria and 13,264 in the Northern region.
The percentage of the total insured working population in each area is 3 per cent., 1 per cent. and 1 per cent., respectively.
The number of potentially redundant jobs supported by the scheme in January 1980 was 630 in the Workington travel-to-work area, 1,235 in Cumbria and 3,475 in the Northern region. The percentage of the total insured working population in each area was 2 per cent., 0.6 per cent. and 0.25 per cent., respectively.