§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many people in the Keighley travel-to-work area have been unemployed for(a)up to six months,(b)six months to 12 months,(c)12 to 18 months,(d)18 months to two years and over two years;
(2) what is the current unemployment percentage of(a)adult males and(b)adult females in the Keighley travel-to-work area; and what percentage increases these figures represent since May 1979.
§ Mr. Alison:I shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs in the Keighley travel-to-work area are currently supported by the temporary short time working scheme.
§ Mr. Alison:The number of potentially redundant jobs for which reimbursement for support was claimed under the temporary short time working compensation scheme in September 1982 in the Keighley travel-to-work area was 114.
§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many redundancy notifications were given during September and October to the most recent practicable date in the Keighley travel-to-work area;
364W(2) how many redundancies in(a)the textile industry,(b)machine tool engineering,(c)general engineering,(d)service trades and(e)steel fabrication work have been made in the Keighley travel-to-work area since May 1979.
§ Mr. Waddington:There are no comprehensive statistics of redundancies. The provisional number of redundancies in the Keighley travel-to-work area, involving 10 or more employees, notified to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur during September was 56. The number of redundancies, involving 10 or more employees, reported as due to occur in the Keighley travel-to-work area in the industries specified between May 1979 and September 1982 (this includes provisional figures for August and September 1982) is as follows:
Number (a)Textiles (Order XIII) 1,019 (b)Machine Tool engineering (MLH 332) 312 (c)Mechanical engineering (Order VII) 550 (d)Service Industries (Transport, Distributive Trades, Financial Services, Professional and Scientific Services, Public Administration and Miscellaneous Services (Orders XXII-XXVII) 14 (e)Steel Manufacture (MLH 311) Nil
§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young persons aged 16 to 18 years are currently unemployed in the Keighley travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. Alison:At 8 July 1982, the latest date for which an analysis by age is available, the number of young people aged 18 years and under registered as unemployed at the Keighley employment office was 133. At the same date there were 420 unemployed young people registered at the Keighley branch careers office for which a separate age analysis is not available. However, it is likely that most of these would be aged 18 and under.
§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the percentage increase in unemployment since May 1979 in the Keighley travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. Alison:Between May 1979 and October 1982 the number of people registered as unemployed in the Keighley employment office area increased by 194 per cent. The figures on which the increase is based include school leavers and are not seasonally adjusted.