HC Deb 11 May 1982 vol 23 cc232-3W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have been placed in work by jobcentres in the last month in (a) Kirkby and (b) Ormskirk.

Mr. Peter Morrison

Kirkby jobcentre placed 112 people and Ormskirk jobcentre placed 66 people in the four-week period ending 2 April, the latest period for which statistics are available.

There is likely to have been a substantial number of people who found jobs in the area otherwise than through the jobcentre. Nationally, the Manpower Services Commission has estimated from a 1977 survey that about a quarter of all placings are made through their offices.

Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the percentage increase in unemployment since May 1979 in (a) the North-West, (b) Merseyside, (c) Kirkby and (d) Ormskirk.

Mr. Alison

The following table gives the percentage increase in the numbers registered as unemployed between May 1979 and April 1982. The figures on which the increases are based include school leavers and are not seasonally adjusted.

Percentage increase
North-West region 124.8
Merseyside special development area 65.0
Kirkby employment office area 46.6
Ormskirk employment office area 150.4