HC Deb 20 July 1989 vol 157 cc270-1W
Ms. Quin

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) if he will give the total amounts of the grants applied for by his Department from the European Commission for assistance under the Renaval programme for(a) Plymouth, (b) Gibraltar and (c) Strathclyde;

(2) if he will list the information supplied by his Department to the European Community in support of the applications for assistance under the Renaval programme for (a) Plymouth, (b) Gibraltar and (c) Strathclyde;

(3) if he will supply the following information required under the terms of the Renaval regulation in respect of (a) Tyne and Wear, (b) Cleveland, (c) Merseyside and (d) Plymouth (i) the average rate of unemployment and the European Community average in the last three years and (ii) the percentage of industrial employment in total employment and the European Community average;

(4) what information he has on the total number of redundancies in the shipbuilding and ship repair industries in Gibraltar since 1 January 1984;

(5) what is the total number of redundancies in the shipbuilding and ship repair industries in Plymouth since 1 January 1984;

(6) what is the total number of redundancies in the shipbuilding and ship repair industries in (a) Wearside, (b) Tyneside and (c) Tyne and Wear county since 1 January 1984;

Total job losses shipbuilding and ship repair since 1 January 1984 Average rate of unemployment 1986–88 Industrial employment (standard industrial classification 1 to 5) in total employment in 1984, the latest available year
percentage percentage
Tyne and Wear of which: 9,375 17.3 34.3
Wearside 2,775
Tyneside 6,600
Cleveland 1,680 19.7 36.6
Merseyside 20.1 31.0
Plymouth 5,675 12.8 33.8
Gibraltar 580
European Community average (estimate on comparable basis) 11.9 35.0

Sources:

United Kingdom data—Department of Employment. Figures exclude self-employed.

EC data—Statistical Office of the European Communities.

Eligibility also depends on the shipbuilding and ship repair proportion of industrial employment.

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