§ Mr. Strawasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) pursuant to the statement of the Under-Secretary of State for Industry concerning the average unemployment rates of all intermediate areas remaining in existence after August, Official Report, 22 April, c. 519–20, if he will publish in the Official Report a table giving the latest available annual rate of unemployment for each travel-to-work area which will remain an intermediate area after 1982, and the average annual rate thereof, and for each of the Blackburn, Accrington, Burnley, Nelson and Rossendale travel-to-work areas;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report tables giving a breakdown of the age and duration of unemployment in each of the Blackburn, Accrington, Burnley, Nelson and Rossendale travel-to-work areas, for age groups under 18 years, 18 years, 19 years, 20 to 24 years, 25 to 29 years, 71W 30 to 34 years, 35 to 44 years, 45 to 54 years, 55 to 59 years and 60 to 64 years, for duration of up to 13, 26, 52 weeks and over 52 weeks, respectively, and in respect of the annual averages for 1979, 1980 and 1981 and the latest available figures.
§ Mr. AlisonI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Strawasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report figures giving the numbers of redundancies notified in
Redundancies reported as due to occur: 1979 Travel-to-work areas Order Industry Accrington Blackburn Burnley Nelson Rossendale I Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — — — — 19 II Mining and Quarrying — — — — — III Food, Drink and Tobacco — 17 — — — IV Coal and Petroleum Products — — — — — V Chemicals and Allied Industries — 35 — 20 17 VI Metal Manufacture — — — — — VII Mechanical Engineering — 300 21 32 — VIII Instrument Engineering — — — — — IX Electrical Engineering — 347 — 25 — X Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering — — — — — XI Vehicles — — — — — XII Metal Goods not elsewhere specified 20 35 — — 15 XIII Textiles 20 257 83 109 339 XIV Leather, Leather Goods and Fur — — — — — XV Clothing and Footwear — — — — 13 XVI Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. 30 — — — — XVII Timber, Furniture, etc. 66 60 — — 18 XVIII Paper, Printing and Publishing — 30 — 20 — XIX Other Manufacturing Industries — — 12 — 10 XX Construction — 157 — — — XXI-XXVII Other Non-Manufacturing Industries 10 162 18 34 — All Industries and Services 146 1,400 134 240 431
Redundancies reported as due to occur: 1980 Travel-to-work areas Order Industry Accrington Blackburn Burnley Nelson Rossendale I Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — — — — — II Mining and Quarrying — — — — 11 III Food, Drink and Tobacco 75 — 120 14 — IV Coal and Petroleum Products — — — — — V Chemicals and Allied Industries 57 — — 32 — VI Metal Manufacture 12 10 18 — — VII Mechanical Engineering 158 466 360 21 12 VIII Instrument Engineering — — — — — IX Electrical Engineering 64 484 554 8 — X Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering — — — — — XI Vehicles 23 120 93 — — XII Metal Goods not elsewhere specified 10 61 148 14 40 XIII Textiles 795 1,605 298 968 682 XIV Leather, Leather Goods and Fur — 8 — — — XV Clothing and Footwear 21 236 71 — 211 XVI Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. 47 201 151 — — XVII Timber, Furniture, etc. 22 112 — — — XVIII Paper, Printing and Publishing — 230 — 98 — XIX Other Manufacturing Industries 123 84 125 37 — XX Construction — 43 126 — 207 XXI-XXVII Other Non-Manufacturing Industries 87 175 149 81 35 All Industries and Services 1,494 3,835 2,213 1,273 1,198
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Redundancies reported as due to occur: 1981 Travel-to-work areas Order Industry Accrington Blackburn Burnley Nelson Rossendale I Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — — — — — II Mining and Quarrying — — 50 — — each of the Blackburn, Accrington, Burnley, Nelson and Rossendale travel-to-work areas in the years 1979, 1980 and 1981, in total, and subdivided by standard industrial classification order.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThere are no comprehensive statistics of redundancies. The numbers of redundancies, in groups of 10 or more employees, reported to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in the specified areas in 1979, 1980 and 1981 are shown, in total and by Standard Industrial Classification order, in the following tables.
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Travel-to-work areas Order Industry Accrington Blackburn Burnley Nelson Rossendale III Food, Drink and Tobacco 33 104 — — — IV Coal and Petroleum Products — — — — — V Chemicals and Allied Industries — — — 117 17 VI Metal Manufacture — — — — — VII Mechanical Engineering 369 850 21 53 19 VIII Instrument Engineering — — — — — IX Electrical Engineering 19 479 1,441 331 14 X Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering — — — — — XI Vehicles — 28 305 79 — XII Metal Goods not elsewhere specified — 185 128 11 — XIII Textiles 145 472 252 369 420 XIV Leather, Leather Goods and Fur — 34 — 12 — XV Clothing and Footwear 53 52 104 — 158 XVI Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. 126 15 — — — XVII Timber, Furniture, etc. 40 42 40 241 — XVIII Paper, Printing and Publishing 40 106 59 17 — XIX Other Manufacturing Industries 163 16 110 13 40 XX Construction — 101 163 — 527 XXI-XXVII Other Non-Manufacturing Industries — 181 150 38 65 All Industries and Services 988 2,665 2,823 1,281 1,260