§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many vacancies there were in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands at the latest available date.
§ Mr. WaddingtonAt 8 October, the numbers of vacancies remaining unfilled in the Wolverhampton employment office area were 206 at the employment office and 25 at the careers offices. The corresponding figures for the West Midlands region were 7,828 and 660, respectively. The figures relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices; vacancies notified to employment offices are estimated to be about one-third of all vacancies in the country as a whole. Because of possible duplication the figures for employment offices and careers offices should not be added together.
The number of vacancies unfilled at a particular date takes no account of the flow of vacancies being notified, 76W filled or withdrawn which would reflect activity more closely. For example, during the 12-month period to September 1982, 91,362 people were placed in jobs by employment offices in the West Midlands region. It is estimated that the public employment service accounts for about one in four of all placings.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will give the age and sex breakdown of the unemployment figures for (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands at the last available date; and what are the comparable figures for the same period in 1979, 1980 and 1981;
(2) how many (a) men and (b) women in (i) Wolverhampton and (ii) the West Midlands have been unemployed for over a year; what percentage of the unemployed they represent in each case; and what are the comparable figures for 1979, 1980 and 1981;
(3) how many young people have been unemployed in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands for over a year; and what were the comparable figures for 1981, 1980 and 1979;
(4) how many people are currently on each of the temporary employment measures in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands; and what are the comparable figures for the same period in 1979, 1980 and 1981;
(5) if he will provide a breakdown of unemployment in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands to show the numbers and percentage unemployed by Standard Industrial Classification order.
§ Mr. AlisonI will reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest figures of registered unemployment for (a) men and (b) women in (i) Wolverhampton and (ii) the West Midlands; and if he will give the percentage increase since May 1979.
§ Mr. WaddingtonAt 14 October, there were 14,715 males and 5,682 females registered as unemployed in the Wolverhampton employment office area, an increase of 230 per cent. and 170 per cent., respectively, since May 1979. The corresponding figures for the West Midlands region were 270,177 males and 110,059 females, an increase of 226 per cent. for males and 216 per cent. for females. The figures include school leavers and are not seasonally adjusted.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands have never been in employment since leaving school.
§ Mr. WaddingtonAt 14 October, there were 1,719 young people under 18 years of age registered as unemployed in the Wolverhampton employment office area who had not entered employment since completing full-time education. The corresponding number for the West Midlands region was 23,678.