§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs in total are supported by 320W the temporary short-time working compensation scheme for (a) each of the travel-to-work areas that comprise the county of Cumbria, (b) the Northern region and (c) the North-West region for the last month for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following table shows the figures requested
April 1982 Area Number of potentially redundant jobs for which reimbursement for support was claimed in April 1982 Furness travel-to-work area Nil Kendal travel-to-work area Nil Whitehaven travel-to-work area Nil Workington travel-to-work area 136 Carlisle employment office area 122 Keswick employment office area Nil Penrith employment office area Nil Northern Region 1,642 North-West Region 10,348