§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of persons unemployed, the percentage rate of unemployment and the total number of vacancies for (a) the Workington travel-to-work area and (b) Cumbria at the latest date far which figures are available.
§ Mr. Alison[pursuant to his reply, 2 February 1983, c. 101]: At 13 January, the total number of unemployed claimants in the Workington travel-to-work area was 6,366 and the unemployment rate was 20.5 per cent. The corresponding figures for Cumbria were 24,784 and 12f.8 per cent.
At 7 January, the numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled at jobcentres and careers offices in the Workington travel-to-work area were 134 and 6, respectively. The corresponding figures for Cumbria were 902 at jobcentres and 45 at careers offices. Vacancies notified to jobcentres are estimated to be about one third of all vacancies in the country as a whole. Because of possible duplication, the figures for jobcentres 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number of vacancies unfilled at a particular date takes no account of the flow of vacancies being notified, filled or withdrawn which would reflect activity more closely. For example, during the 12-month period to December 1982, 13,219 people were placed in jobs by jobcentres in Cumbria. It is estimated that the public employment service accounts for about one in four of all placings.