§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many engineering apprenticeships were initiated in West Yorkshire; and what percentage of these were terminated prematurely, for each of the years 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982.
Mr. MorrisonThe number of craft and technician trainees who began to follow first year off-the-job training courses approved by the engineering industry training board and the percentage of those who terminated their training prematurely is as follows:
272W(2) what proportion of (a) unemployed males and (b) unemployed females in the Barrow-in-Furness, Kendal, Whitehaven, Carlisle, Keswick and Penrith travel-to-work areas had been out of work for (i) a year, (ii) two years and (iii) three years at the latest available date.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following table gives the information for the areas specified at October 1982, the latest date for which an analysis by duration of unemployment is available. The figures are on the registration basis of the unemployment count.
by workers in (a) the textile industry, (b) the construction industry and (c) metal manufacturing for 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982, respectively.
§ Mr. GummerThe average statutory redundancy payments paid are as follows:
Training year (September-August) West Yorkshire Starts Premature terminations per cent. 1978–79 1,285 8.3 1979–80 1,151 9.3 1980–81 860 6.1 1981–82 528 6.8 Government support is available to help engineering trainees to complete their training when they are made redundant.