HC Deb 01 March 1982 vol 19 c37W
Mr. W. E. Garrett

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many instrument artificers are registered as unemployed in the Northern region.

Mr. Alison

At 10 December 1981, the latest date for which the information is available, there were 98 unemployed people registered at employment offices in the Northern region for employment in precision instrument maintaining and repairing occupations, excluding watch and clock repairers.

Mr. Campbell-Savours

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs in total are supported by 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. Alison

The following table shows the figures requested:

January 1982
Area Number of potentially redundant jobs covered in applications that were current in January 1982
Furness travel-to-work area NIL
Kendal travel-to-work area 23
Whitehaven travel-to-work area 107
Workington travel-to-work area 370
Carlisle employment office area 21
Keswick employment office area NIL
Penrith employment office area NIL
Northern region 1,304
North-West region 23,758