§ Mr. CummingsTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current rate of youth unemployment in the Peterlee and Seaham areas of his Department.
§ Mr. LeeUnemployment rates by age are not calculated below national level. However, on 8 October 1987 the numbers of unemployed claimants aged under 18 in the local authority wards' which most closely correspond to the Peterlee and Seaham areas were 200 and 110 respectively.
1 The wards which cover Peterlee are Shadforth, Acre Rigg, Blackhalls, Dene House, Easington Colliery, Easington Village, Eden Hill, Haswell, Horden North, Horden. South, Howletch, Passfield, Shotton, South Hetton.
The wards which cover Seaham are Dawdon, Deneside, High Colliery, Murton East, Murton West, Park, Seaham, South.
§ Mr. CummingsTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many job vacancies were registered in the Peterlee and Seaham jobcentres in November and December 1987.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. The numbers of vacancies notified to Peterlee, Seaham and Wingate jobcentres between 8 November and 4 December 1987 was 364. Separate figures for Seaham and Peterlee jobcentres are not collected. Figures are not yet available for the period 5 December 1987 to 8 January 1988.
§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what was the number of people employed(a) full-time and (b) part-time in (i) Vale Royal district and (ii) Winsford in each of the last five years;
(2) what proportion of the employed population in Winsford were employed in (a) manufacturing and (b) service industries in each of the last five years.
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§ Mr. LeeInformation about employment in local areas is available only for years in which censuses of employment are conducted. The available employee estimates for the Vale Royal local authority district, and for the area comprising the five local authority wards approximating most closely to the Winsford area, taken from the September 1981 and September 1984 censuses of employment, are as follows. An industry breakdown for the Winsford area is not available for the earlier year, but in 1984 the proportion of employees working in manufacturing and service industries was 53.6 per cent. and 43.7 per cent. respectively.
Employees in employment1 (thousands) Vale Royal local authority district2 Winsford area3 September September 1981 1984 1981 1984 All industries and services Male and female 35.6 35.7 7.6 7.5 Full-time 28.0 27.9 6.5 6.3 Part-time4 7.6 7.8 1.1 1.2 1 The figures exclude the self-employed and members of Her Majesty's forces. 2 The district is defined in terms of ward boundaries as at 1981. 3 Defined as the area comprising the five local authority wards of Wharton, Gravel, Swanlow, Over One and Over Two: ward boundaries as at 1981. 4 Part-time workers are defined as those not working more than 30 hours a week.