§ Mr. Leightonasked the Paymaster General (1) if he will list the skillcentres (a) open in June 1979 and (b) closed since 1979, and what was the unemployment rate in the local travel-to-work area for each skillcentre (i) in June 1979 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available;
643W(2) for each skillcentre closed since 1979, what was the local unemployment rate (a) in June 1979, (b) in the month of closure and (c) at the latest date for which figures are available;
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Skillcentre or Skillcentre Annexe open in 1979 Month of closure if no longer open Travel-to-Work area Unemployment Rate1 12 February 1987 Per cent. Unemployment Rate12 in month of closure Per cent. No. of Trainees4 completing courses 1985–86 Total training 45 weeks offered 1985–86 Barking London 10.0 217 8,455 Basildon Southend 13.2 163 5,466 Bellshill Lanarkshire 21.5 20.9 879 10,307 Bellshill Annexe November 1985 Lanarkshire 21.5 Billingham Stockton-on-Tees 18.4 279 7,204 Birmingham Birmingham 15.5 621 15,992 Birmingham YIC March 1986 Birmingham 15.5 16.4 3— 3— Birmingham (Castle Bromwich) January 1986 Birmingham 15.5 16.7 184 6,256 Bradford Bradford 14.8 287 6,131 Bristol Bristol 10.5 654 14,237 Bristol Annexe December 1985 Bristol 10.5 11.3 3— 3— Cardiff Cardiff 13.6 426 18,009 Charlton London 10.0 3— 3— Chelmsford Chelmsford and Braintree 7.2 100 3,075 Chesterfield Chesterfield 15.4 81 3,634 Coventry Coventry and Hinckley 14.4 273 6,993 Doncaster March 1986 Doncaster 19.7 20.6 119 2,528 Dumbarton October 1985 Dumbarton 20.1 20.3 14 115 Dundee Dundee 16.5 561 6,840 Dunfermline Dunfermline 16.9 242 6,240 Durham Durham 13.6 326 10,196 East Lancashire (Accrington) Accrington and Rossendale 13.0 338 7,238 Edinburgh Edinburgh 12.0 11.6 334 8,456 Edinburgh Annexe March 1986 Edinburgh 12.0 Enfield London 10.0 298 10,032 Glasgow Glasgow 17.2 Glasgow (Govan) June 1985 Glasgow 17.2 17.6 Glasgow (Queenslie) August 1985 Glasgow 17.2 17.8 16 136 Gloucester Gloucester 9.0 409 8,200 Gloucester Annexe February 1986 Gloucester 9.0 10.1 86 2,134 Hull Hull 16.8 545 6,480 Ipswich Ipswich 8.4 147 5,767 Irvine Irvine 25.6 191 4,830 Killingworth December 1985 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 17.8 18.5 79 4,823 Kirby-in-Ash field (Nottingham) January 1986 Nottingham 13.3 14.0 275 2,754 Leeds Leeds 11.9 483 9,769 Leicester Leicester 10.0 236 7,160 Letchworth Hitchin and Letchworth 7.6 462 14,319 Lambeth YTC March 1986 London 10.0 10.7 3 3 Liverpool February 1986 Liverpool 19.8 21.2 Llanelli February 1986 Llanelli 17.4 19.0 114 2,035 Long Eaton (Nottingham) February 1986 Nottingham 13.3 13.9 254 5,636 Manchester (Denton) February 1986 Manchester 13.7 14.6 103 2,375 Manchester (Trafford) Manchester 13.7 477 10,861 Hindley Annexe February 1986 Manchester 13.7 14.6 Maryport Carlisle 11.8 Medway South Medway and Maidstone 11.3 306 11,385 Medway Annexe March 1986 Sittingbourne & Sheerness 14.5 15.0 111 2,798 Middlesbrough December 1985 Middlesbrough 21.7 23.2 75 1,775 Milton Keynes Milton Keynes 12.2 153 5,451 Newport (Gwent) Newport 15.2 Northampton Northampton 9.2 89 1,881 North Staffs (Stoke on Trent) Stoke 11.9 (3) for each skillcentre what was (a) the number of trainees completing courses and (b) the total training hours offered (i) in 1979 and (ii) in the most recent year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. LeeThe available information is contained in the table:
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Skillcentre or Skillcentre Annexe open in 1979 Month of closure if no longer open Travel-to-Work area Unemployment Rate1 12 February 1987 Per cent. Unemployment Rate12 in month of closure Per cent. No. of Trainees4 completing courses 1985–86 Total training 45 weeks offered 1985–86 Norwich Norwich 10.0 250 7,160 Nottingham Nottingham 13.3 Perivale London 10.0 160 6,667 Peterborough Peterborough 12.9 162 5,445 Plymouth Plymouth 14.7 438 8,208 Plymouth Annexe January 1986 Plymouth 14.7 15.8 121 1,967 Portsmouth Portsmouth 12.2 277 8,231 Preston Preston 11.0 300 5,927 Reading Reading 6.8 178 6,309 Redditch January 1986 Birmingham 15.5 16.7 218 4,114 Redruth Redruth and Cambourne 21.5 311 6,599 Rochdale Rochdale 16.4 286 6,180 Runcorn Widnes and Runcorn 18.2 St. Helens Wigan and St Helens 18.4 211 5,896 Sheffield Sheffield 16.0 359 8,246 Slough Slough 6.4 226 8,405 Southampton Southampton 11.4 319 961 Southampton (Millbrook) Southampton 11.4 271 7,130 Swindon Swindon 11.6 228 6,509 Twickenham Heathrow 6.8 262 8,898 Twickenham Annexe Heathrow 6.8 Tyneside (Gateshead) South Tyneside 24.7 737 12,449 Tyneside Annexe November 1985 South Tyneside 24.7 25.5 3 3 Waddon (Sydenham) September 1985 London 10.0 10.9 64 1,156 Waddon Annexe March 1986 London 10.0 10.7 49 2,552 Wakefield Wakefield and Dewsbury 14.9 206 4,727 West Glamorgan Neath and Port Talbot 13.4 477 9,826 West Gwent December 1985 Newport 15.2 15.8 87 1,804 West Sussex (Lancing) Worthing 8.3 295 8,487 West Sussex Annexe December 1985 Worthing 8.3 8.6 87 2,993 Wigan Wigan and St. Helens 18.4 192 4,872 Wolverhampton Wolverhampton 18.0 321 7,415 Wolverhampton Annexe January 1986 Wolverhampton 18.0 19.2 87 4,546 Wrexham Wrexham 17.2 334 6,647 Blaenau, Gwent6 February 1983 Blaenau, Gwent and Abvergavenny 18.6 1 The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed expressed as a percentage of employees in employment plus the unemployed. 2 The comparison of unemployment rates is affected by seasonal factors and changes in the collection and compilation of data, furthermore unemployment statistics are not available for travel-to-work areas in 1979 on the same basis as 1987 because of major revisions to the boundaries in 1984. Statistics for travel-to-work areas as defined in 1978 are available in the Library. 3 Figures no longer available. 4 Numbers of trainees completing courses and training weeks offered are not available in 1979. 5 STA no longer keeps statistics of trainee hours available the number of training weeks offered is used instead. 6 The Blaenau, Gwent Skillcentre closed in February 1983. The unemployment rate in that month in the Ebbw Vale travel-to-work area was 24.3 per cent. This area is now covered by the Blaenau, Gwent and Abvergavenny travel-to-work area, and an unemployment rate for this area for February 1983 is not available.