§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms have announced redundancies in each year since 1979 in Leyton and Leytonstone; and how many workers were made redundant in each year.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkLeyton and Leytonstone lies within the Walthamstow jobcentre area, for which the information requested is given in the following table:
Redundancies confirmed as due to occur* in the Walthamstow Jobcentre† Area Number of Firrms‡ Redundancies involved 1979 14 754 1980 21 1,571
Special employment and training measures* Great Britain West Midlands Staffordshire Stoke on Trent• Estimated cost for Great Britain £ million Community Industry 8,000 307 † ‡ 23.6 Community Programme 113,000 15,772 2,755 ‡ 393.8 Enterprise Allowance 27,000 3,338 453 ‡ 23.2 Job Release Schemes 95,000 8,406 1,770 1,480 258.0 Job Splitting Scheme 836 65 10 2 0.3 Temporary Short Time Working Compensation Scheme 15,000 3,456 212 172 27.0 Young Workers Scheme 100,000 ║33,361 ║4,505 1(2,869 58'0 Youth Opportunities Programme 5,000 ¶709 324.5 Youth Training Scheme 280,000 36,497 6,680 ‡ 384.3 * Figures refer to the coverage of each measure at the end of March 1984. † Figures for Staffordshire are not available. ‡ Figures for Stoke on Trent are not available. ║ This figure represents the number of approval applications since the Scheme began. ¶ Figures are only available for the Midlands Region as a whole. • Stoke on Trent is the travel to work area comprising the Biddulph, Burstem, Cheadle, Hanley, Kidsgrove, Longton and Newcastle Under Lyme Jobcentre/Employment Office areas.