HC Deb 06 November 1989 vol 159 c468W
Mr. Devlin

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will estimate the number of employed and self-employed people in the northern region for each year since 1983.

Mr. Nicholls

The information requested is as follows:

Employees in Employment and Self Employed for Northern Region
(June each year) (Thousands)
Employees in Employment Self employed
1983 1,057 91
1984 1,059 92
1985 1,057 104
1986 1,061 105
1987 1,068 108
1988 1,094 113
1989 1,088 117

(Unadjusted for seasonal variations)

Mr. Parry

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many registered unemployed persons there were in Liverpool on the latest available date; and how many registered job vacancies there were in Liverpool on that date.

Mr. Nicholls

The following information is available from the Library. In September 1989, there were 66,636 unemployed claimants in Liverpool travel-to-work area. In the closest aggregation of jobcentres there were 3,469 unfilled vacancies. Research shows that nationally only about a third of vacancies in the economy are notified to jobcentres.

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