§ Mr. Millanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many jobcentre inquiries have been dealt with, and how many vacancies have been notified by employers, to Hillington jobcentre over each of the last three years.
§ Mr. YoungerI regret the information is not available in the form requested. Separate and comparable figures for people seeking jobs were not maintained before November 1982. However, the table shows the number of inquiries dealt with at Hillington jobcentre in 1983 and the first few months of 1984 and the number of vacancies notified from 1981 to 1984.
Period ending Inquiries Vacancies notified January-May 1984 6,460 365 January-December 1983 15,362 994 January-December 1982 * 894 January-December 1981 * 769 * Not available.
§ Mr. Millanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what districts are covered by the jobcentres at Govan and Hillington.
§ Mr. YoungerThe Govan and Hillington jobcentres cover the district wards of Drumoyne, Govan, Cardonald, Mosspark, Bellahouston, Kingston and Penilee and take in the whole of the Hillington industrial estate. However, they are used by people seeking jobs from a wider area of 181W Glasgow and display vacancies which occur over most of Glasgow as well as selected vacancies from elsewhere across the country.
§ Mr. Millanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many jobcentre inquiries have been dealt with, and how many vacancies have been notified by employers, to Govan jobcentre over the last period for which figures are available.
§ Mr. YoungerIn the period from 7 January to 4 May 1984, the latest date for which information is available, Govan jobcentre dealt with 8,650 inquiries by people seeking jobs and 758 vacancies were notified by employers to the jobcentre.