§ Mr. John MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement about the changes in the level of unemployment in the London borough of Barnet over the last two years.
§ Mr. LeeThe number of unemployed claimants in the Barnet local authority area at the latest date available and in the previous two years was as follows:
January 1986 11,256 January 1987 10,821 January 1988 8,685 The comparison is affected by the changes in the compilation of the unemployment statistics in March 1986.
Mr. CoombsTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of people benefiting from special employment and training measures at the latest available date in the Swindon area; and if he will list the measures and the numbers involved in each case.
§ Mr. NichollsThe number of people participating in special employment and training measures funded by my Department including Manpower Services Commission programmes and schemes in the Swindon area on 31 January 1988 was as follows:
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Number YTS 1,160 Community Programme 953 New Job Training Scheme 30 Voluntary Projects Programme 11 Other adult training 1524 Total 2,678 1 Figures for all other adult training schemes are not available. The figure refers to the number of people who have entered some such schemes since 1 April 1987.