§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked 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. AlisonThe following table shows the figures requested:
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March 1982 Area Number of potentially redundant jobs covered in applications that were current in March 1982 Furness travel-to-work area Nil Kendal travel-to-work area Nil Whitehaven travel-to-work area 11 Workington travel-to-work area 193 Carlisle employment office area 71 Keswick employment office area Nil Penrith employment office area Nil Northern region 2,012 North-West region 10,908
Percentage increase 1981–82 January-January 26.9 April-April 19.1 The April to April comparisons can be affected by variations between one year and another in the date of Easter, which affects the number of school-leavers