HC Deb 18 November 1982 vol 32 cc228-9W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs in (a) the North West, (b) Merseyside, (c) Kirkby and (d) Ormskirk travel-to-work areas have been dependent on temporary short-time working subsidy in each year since its introduction.

Mr. Alison

I regret that statistics in the form requested are not readily available below regional level and could be extracted only at disproportionate cost. However, the following tables show the figures requested for the North-West region for each year since the introduction of the temporary short time working compensation scheme and the figures requested for all areas for September 1982:

North West Region
Column 1 Column 2
Year Number of potentially redundant jobs covered by applications that were approved in column 1
April 1979 to March 1980 27,829
April 1980 to March 1981 96,012
April 1981 to March 1982 28,038
April 1982 to September 1982 7,796
Column 1 Column 2
Area Number of potentially redundant jobs for which reimbursement for support was claimed in September 1982
North West Region 6,013
Merseyside Special Development Area 416
Kirkby Employment Office Area 35
Ormskirk Travel-to-Work Area 35

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