HC Deb 26 October 1982 vol 29 cc357-9W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are currently on each of the temporary employment measures in(a)the North-West,(b)Merseyside,(c)Kirkby and(d)Ormskirk.

Mr. Alison:

The information is set out in the following table. I must apologise to the hon. Member for the incorrect information which I gave him in my reply of 10 May.—[Vol. 23 c. 179-182.] The figures for the youth opportunities programme should have been:—

Area Number
North-West 36,700
Merseyside *28,660
Kirkby *7,380
Ormskirk *1,700
*Figures given are cumulative and are for total number of entrants April 1981—March 1982.

Mr. Waddington:

There are no comprehensive statistics on closures or redundancies. The available information on closures and redundancies, involving 10 or more employees, reported to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in the requested areas is given in the following table.

employing disabled people at the quota level of 3 per cent. in(a)the North-West,(b)Merseyside,(c)Kirkby and(d)Ormskirk.

Mr. Alison:

On 1 June 1982, the latest date for which information is available, the figures for Merseyside, Kirkby and Ormskirk were as follows:

Number of Employers employing less than 3℅ registered disabled people
(a)Merseyside (comprising the Birkenhead, Bootle, Liverpool, St. Helens and Warrington districts, together with the Ormskirk park, of ESD's Merseyside employment area). 819
(b)Kirkby (included in(a)above). 22
(c)Ormskirk (included in(a)above). 20

1982 figures are not yet available for the North-West as a whole. I will write to the hon. Member when they are.