§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many persons travel to work to destinations in counties other than Warwickshire from Hinkley;
(2) how many persons travel to work to Stratford- upon-Avon from Kenilworth.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkEstimates based on 1981 census of population data on travel to work, adjusted to allow for potential travel patterns of the unemployed as used by my Department's review of travel-to-work areas show:
(i) the numbers of people travelling to work from Hinkley to destinations in counties other than Warwickshire were:
Destination county Number of people West Midlands metropolitan county 2,000 Leicestershire 3,650 Elsewhere (except Warwickshire) 450 (ii) the number of people travelling to work from Kenilworth to Stratford-upon-Avon was 150.
§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many representations he has received about the latest travel-to-work areas; and how many of these were critical.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkMy Department received over 180 representations giving useful and detailed comments on the draft proposals for new travel to work areas. These were, where appropriate, taken into account in finalising the new areas. Where criticism was expressed, it was done in a constructive manner.
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§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Secretary of State for Employment what representations he has received from addresses in Warwickshire about the Coventry travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkMy Department has received comments on the draft Coventry travel-to-work area from four local authorities in Warwickshire.
§ Mr. Groundasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of people benefiting from special employment and training measures at the latest available date in the constituency of Feltham and Heston or in the geographical areas which correspond most closely with that constituency; and what is the average cost per person supported under each measure.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonSome 2,000, although because of the various bases on which local information is collated, an unknown proportion will be in areas outside my hon. Friend's constituency. The following costs are national averages based on the latest information and estimates and where appropriate include assumptions about periods of participation on schemes and the number of supervisors employed. They do not take into account savings in the payments of benefits or flow-backs to the Exchequer from
Unemployment rates by age Percentage of unemployed with duration Under 25 50 and over All ages over 52 weeks and up to 104 over 104 weeks and up to 156 over 156 weeks UNITED KINGDOM Registrations April 1979 8.6 5.1 5.5 13.9 5.5 7.9 April 1980 10.4 5.6 6.3 11.0 4.9 7.4 April 1981 16.7 8.7 10.6 11.7 3.5 5.2 April 1982 19.9 10.5 12.6 21.8 5.8 5.4 Claimants April 1983 21.2 11.5 13.2 19.3 9.5 7.3 April 1984 21.2 9.7 12.9 18.1 9.7 11.4 EAST ANGLIA Registrations April 1979 na na 4.7 11.1 5.4 6.8 April 1980 na na 4.9 8.8 4.1 6.7 April 1981 na na 8.7 9.5 2.6 4.4 April 1982 na na 10.4 18.8 4.4 4.1 Claimants April 1983 na na 10.8 17.3 7.2 5.6 April 1984 na na 10.2 16.5 8.1 8.5 WISBECH TRAVEL-TO-WORK AREA Registrations April 1979 na na 8.2 9.8 5.9 6.6 April 1980 na na 8.9 7.3 3.4 8.0 April 1981 na na 13.7 9.1 2.5 5.7 April 1982 na na 15.8 18.6 4.3 4.9 Claimants April 1983 na na 17.8 18.2 10.1 7.0 April 1984 na na 16.2 16.9 9.2 12.7 na = not available. Estimates of the number of employees in different age groups are only available at a national level and consequently it is not possible to estimate rates by age for individual areas.
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Estimated average cost per person supported under the measure Measure £ Community Industry 2,330 Community Programme 2,840 Enterprise Allowance Scheme 1,934 Job Release Schemes 3,250 Job Splitting Scheme 750 Temporary Short-time Working Compensation Scheme 495 Young Workers Scheme 560 Youth Training Scheme 1,800