§ 31. Mr. Wareingasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs have been lost in the county of Merseyside and in the city of Liverpool since his appointment as Secretary of State.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkI regret that this information is not available. Information on job losses is not collected. Net changes in employment can be supplied but, for areas smaller than regions, only for those dates when censuses of employment are conducted. Censuses of employment have been taken triennially since 1978. Results of the current, September 1984, census of employment are scheduled to become available towards the end of this year.