§ Mr. AllasonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give his reasons for reducing the number of job clubs; and why the job club in Paignton is under threat of imminent closure.
§ Mr. LeeI refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Bury, North (Mr. Burt) on 27 January 1989 at column810, by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State.
Employment service regional directors are currently considering how the job club network should be reshaped so as most effectively to achieve the objective of increasing numbers of people helped while making more efficient use of resources. There is spare capacity at present in the network in Paignton, Torquay and adjoining areas. This will be taken into account in reaching decisions about its future shape, together with the need to maintain access to the programme for longer term unemployed people in these areas.
September 1978 September 19811 September 1983 September 19841 September 1988 Males Females All Males Females All Males Females All Males Females All Males Females All Coal extraction and manufacture of solid fuels (class 11)2 76.4 3.3 79.8 76.2 3.3 79.5 68.0 3.0 71.0 63.3 2.9 66.1 31.9 1.5 33.4 Iron and steel industry (activity heading 2210)2 n/a n/a n/a 37.5 3.9 41.5 n/a n/a n/a 26.1 2.1 28.2 n/a n/a n/a Steel tubes (activity heading 2220)2 n/a n/a n/a 0.5 0.2 0.7 n/a n/a n/a 0.5 0.1 0.6 n/a n/a n/a Drawing, cold rolling and cold forming of steel (group 223)2 n/a n/a n/a 5.8 1.1 6.9 n/a n/a n/a 4.4 0.8 5.2 n/a n/a n/a Railways (activity heading 7100)2 18.5 1.5 20.0 16.8 1.4 18.2 15.2 1.2 16.4 14.6 1.2 15.9 13.3 0.8 14.1 1 Census of employment data. 2 Sub division of the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification. n/a—Not available.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the annual number of(a) full-time and (b) part-time working women for each year since 1979 in the Yorkshire and Humberside region; and what was the annual percentage change.
§ Mr. LeeFor the dates specified the only available information about female full and part-time employment in regions is for employees in employment. The latest date for which estimates are available is September 1988. The information is as follows: