§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Paymaster General if he will give a detailed breakdown of the number of unemployed claimants in the Copeland parliamentary constituency using the most recent available figures, analysed by sex and by the age of the unemployed and duration of unemployment.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following information is in the Library. The table shows the number of unemployed claimants in the Copeland parliamentary constituency as at 10 October 1985, analysed by sex, age and duration of unemployment.
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Duration of Unemployment in weeks Under 17 17 18 19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60 and over Total Over 260 0 0 0 0 4 10 4 0 1 6 7 9 0 41 Grand totals Females 32 80 99 76 392 269 118 55 70 62 80 96 1 1,430
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Paymaster General how many people are unemployed in Great Grimsby; what was the equivalent figure in May 1979; and what is the percentage increase.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkOn 10 October 1985, the number of unemployed claimants in the Great Grimsby parliamentary constituency was 6,697. Statistics of unemployment for parliamentary constituencies are derived from the new ward-based system and are available only from June 1983.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Paymaster General how many school leavers are registered as job-seekers in Great Grimsby at present; and how many school leavers were registered as job-seekers for the same months in 1979 and 1982.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkOn 10 October 1985 the number of school leavers registered as job-seekers at Grimsby careers office was 525. The corresponding figure for October 1982 was also 525. Figures for 1979 have not been retained.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Paymaster General how many people are currently estimated to be self-employed in Great Grimsby.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkEstimates of the number of self-employed persons in local areas are available only from the censuses of population. The 1981 census identified 2,495 self-employed persons resident in Great Grimsby.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Paymaster General how many people have found places on Manpower Services Commission training courses in Great Grimsby in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. TrippierThe information requested is not available for the constituency of Great Grimsby. However, the following table shows the number of entrants to adult and youth training schemes run by the Manpower Services Commission in the Grimsby local authority district, from 1979 to date.
Numbers of entrants to adult and youth training schemes in the Grimsby Local Authority District by financial year Financial year Adult entrants Youth entrants Training Opportunities Scheme 1979–80 380 — 1980–81 331 — 1981–82 287 — 1982–83 322 — Youth Training Scheme 1983–84 366 1,386 1984–85 250 1,515 Adult Training Programmes* 1985–86 †‡200 ‡1,532 * Made up of job training scheme, training for enterprise, and wider opportunities training programme. † Figures for the local grant to employers and access to information technology schemes are not available for the Grimsby local authority district. Grimsby will however benefit from the 1,350 people it is planned to train through these schemes on Humberside in 1985–86. ‡ These figures relate to the planned number of entrants.