§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of (a) males and (b) females aged between 16 and 19 years were unemployed in Lancashire at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe information is not available due to the absence of employment estimates by age for areas below national level.
§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies have been notified in the county of Lancashire in the first quarter of 1984.
§ Mr. Alan Clark1,280* redundancies were confirmed as due to occur in the county of Lancashire during the first quarter of 1984.
* Includes provisional figures for March 1984. Redundancies involving fewer than ten employees are excluded.
§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people between the ages of (a) 16 to 19 years and (b) 20 to 24 years are without a permanent job in Lancashire at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkI refer the hon. member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Bolsover (Mr. Skinner) on 25 May 1984 [c. 602].