§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs in the area covered by the Bishop Auckland constituency are being supported by job protection and job creation schemes; and if he will provide a breakdown for each scheme.
§ Mr. Alison:The information is not readily available in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The most readily available information is set out in the following table.
Number Temporary Short Time Working Compensation Scheme Nil* Job Release Scheme 100* Youth Opportunities Programme 24,000† Community Programme (including Community Enterprise Programme) 101‡ Community Industry 950† Young Workers Scheme 169* Notes:
*Figures are for the area covered by the Bishop Auckland employment office.
†Figures are for Northern region as a whole—no more detailed breakdown is readily available.
‡The figure is for area covered by Wear Valley district council.
362W
§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish details of the number of craftsmen unemployed in the area covered by the Bishop Auckland constituency by respective building trade at the latest date.
§ Mr. Alison:This analysis is no longer made, but the following table gives for October 1981, the last date for which the information is available, the numbers of unemployed people registered at employment offices for employment in skilled construction occupations. The figures relate to the area covered by the Bishop Auckland, Barnard Castle and Newton Aycliffe employment offices, which corresponds closely to the Bishop Auckland parliamentary constituency.
Number Carpenters and joiners 64 Electricians 9 Linesmen and cable jointers 1 Heating and ventilating engineering fitters 1 Plumbers and pipe fitters 50 Scaffolders (metal scaffolding) 4 Other steel erectors and riggers and cable splicers 12 Painters and decorators 61 Bricklayers and stone setters 70 Plasterers 15 Terrazzo workers and tile setters 2 Roofers 20 Glaziers 2 General builders — Pipe layers and jointers 5 Concreters — Earth movers and civil engineering equipment operators 24 Crane, hoist and other materials handling equipment operators 12
§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many young people in Bishop Auckland constituency have never been in employment since leaving school;
(2) if he will provide a breakdown of unemployment in the Bishop Auckland constituency showing percentage unemployed by Standard Industrial Classification order.
§ Mr. Alison:I shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the percentage increase in the(a)total number and(b)number of males unemployed in the Bishop Auckland constituency since May 1979.
§ Mr. Alison:Between May 1979 and October 1982 the total number of people registered as unemployed in the area covered by the Bishop Auckland, Barnard Castle and Newton Aycliffe employment offices, which corresponds closely to the Bishop Auckland parliamentary constituency, increased by 157 per cent. The corresponding increase for unemployed males was 164 per cent. The figures on which the increases are based include school leavers and are not seasonally adjusted.
§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many males are currently unemployed in the Bishop Auckland constituency; and how many and what percentage of them have been unemployed for one year or over.
§ Mr. Alison:At 8 July 1982, the latest date for which an analysis by duration of unemployment is available, there were 4,723 males registered as unemployed in the 363W area covered by the Bishop Auckland, Barnard Castle and Newton Aycliffe employment offices, which corresponds closely to the Bishop Auckland parliamentary constituency. Of this number, 1,794—38 per cent.—had been unemployed for over 52 weeks.
§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons in the Bishop Auckland constituency are unemployed; what are the total and male unemployment rates by percentage; and what were the corresponding figures for May 1979.
§ Mr. Alison:The following table gives the total numbers registered as unemployed at May 1979 and October 1982 in the area covered by the Bishop Auckland, Barnard Castle and Newton Aycliffe employment offices, which corresponds closely to the Bishop Auckland parliamentary constituency. It also gives the total and male unemployment rates for the Darlington and South-West Durham travel-to-work area and for the Barnard Castle employment office area. Separate rates are not calculated for Bishop Auckland and Newton Aycliffe. The figures in the table include school leavers and are not seasonally adjusted.
May 1979 October 1982 Bishop Auckland, Barnard Castle and Newton Aycliffe employment office areas Total number unemployed 2,683 6,896 Darlington and South-West Durham travel-to-work area*Percentage rate of unemployment Male 6.7 17.1 Total 6.1 15.3 Barnard Castle employment office area Percentage rate of unemployment Male 7.9 14.3 Total 6.2 11.3 *Bishop Auckland, Darlington and Newton Aycliffe employment office areas.