§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancy notifications were given for each of the last 12 months for which figures are available in the Burnley travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe available information, relating to confirmed redundancies, is given in the following table:
Redundancies* confirmed as due to occur in the Burnley travel-to-work area† January to December 1984 Number January 149 February 55 March 82 April 34 May Nil June 4 July 52 August 4 September Nil October Nil November Nil December ‡39 Total January to December ‡419 * Confirmed by the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur and based on notifications of impending redundancies involving ten or more workers. † Groupings of jobcentre areas approximating to Burnley travel-to-work area. ‡ Provisional.
§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies were notified for the second and third quarters of 1984 in Lancashire.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe available information, relating to confirmed redundancies, is given in the following table:
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Redundancies* confirmed as due to occur in Lancashire† 1984 Number Quarter 2 1,260 Quarter 3 1,474 Notes: * Confirmed by the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur and based on notifications of impending redundancies involving ten or more workers.
† Groupings of jobcentre areas approximating to the county of Lancashire.
§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many redundancies in (a) the textile industry, (b) machine tool engineering, (c) general engineering, (d) service trades and (e) steel fabrication work were made in the last month for which statistics are available in the Workington travel-to-work area;
(2) how many redundancy notifications were given during the last month for which statistics are available in the Workington travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkA provisional total of 40 redundancies were confirmed by the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in jobcentre areas approximating to the Workington-travel-to-work area in December 1984, the latest month for which statistics are available. Of these, 32 were in other manufacturing industries (SIC 1980, class 49) and eight were in metal manufacture (class 22). There were no advance notifications of redundancies involving 10 or more workers in December.
Income maintenance/Allowance paid Total cost excluding administration Administration cost £ million £ million £ million Adult training 77.1 220.0 25.0 Youth Opportunities Programme 416.1 693.5 58.3 Youth Training Scheme Technical and Vocational Education Initiative — 7.2 0.3 Temporary Short Time Working Comp. Scheme 27.2 27.2 *0.5 Young Workers Scheme 58.3 58.3 *1.2 Community Industry 12.4 23.6 0.1 Community Programme 346.5 393.8 9.0 Job Release Scheme 258.2 258.2 *1.7 Job Splitting Scheme 0.3 0.3 *0.2 Enterprise Allowance Scheme 23.2 23.2 2.4 Voluntary Projects Programme — 5.5 0.4 * Estimated—not accounted for separately. The corresponding figures for 1984–85 are as follows and are derived from printed Estimates:
Income maintenance Allowances Total cost excluding administration Administration cost £ million £ million £ million Adult training 76.3 261.7 17.8 Youth Training Scheme 480.8 801.4 55.0 Technical and vocational Education Initiative — 25.2 0.5 Temporary Short Time Working Comp. Scheme 10.1 10.1 0.3 Young workers Scheme 56.0 56.0 0.9 Community Industry 13.8 25.6 0.2 Community Programme 496.2 560.6 10.0 Job Release Scheme 314.9 314.9 1.3 Job Splitting Scheme 4.8 4.8 0.2 Enterprise Allowance Scheme 81.1 81.1 3.0 Voluntary Projects Programme — 9.7 0.4 * Approximate: not calculated separately in Parliamentary Estimates. The appropriate rates of allowances etc are:
Adult training
£39 pw plus dependants' allowance, mid-day meals, travel expenses etc.YOP/YTS
248W£25 pw to 31.8.84, £26.25 pw from 1.9.84 — travel expenses, living away allowance etc.
§ Mr. Penhaligonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will 8list the travel-to-work areas in Great Britain where male unemployment exceeds 25 per cent.
§ Mr. Man ClarkThe information is available in the House of Commons Library.