§ Mr. GeorgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will estimate the level of unemployment in the Bentley and Darlaston North and Darlaston South wards of Walsall for each year since 1986.
§ Miss WiddecombeUnadjusted data on claimant unemployment levels by ward can be obtained from the NOMIS database in the Library.
§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have been unemployed for over a year in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.
§ Miss WiddecombeIn July 1993, the latest available date, the unadjusted number of people who have been claimant unemployed for over one year stood at 1,081,165 compared to 1,356,521 in April 1986.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs have been created in the London borough of Lewisham to date by schemes associated with the South East Thames training and enterprise council.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe information is not available in the form requested. The main role of training and enterprise councils is not direct job creation but the delivery of Government training programmes, business start-up and such special initiatives as individual TECs see fit.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many vacancies notified in each of the last six months in the London borough of Lewisham were(a) full time, (b) part time, (c) permanent and (d) temporary.
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service Agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Mr. M. Fogden to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 4 November 1993:
As the Employment Service is an Executive Agency, the Secretary of State has asked me to write to you direct to respond to your Parliamentary Question to him about the number and type of vacancies notified to the Employment Service in the London Borough of Lewisham in each of the last six months. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of the Agency.As we do not record statistical information on a Borough basis, I have produced a "best fit" by using figures from four of my offices within Lewisham namely, Catford, Deptford, Forest Hill and Lewisham. The information is shown in the attached table.The table shows that total number of vacancies notified to Jobcentres in each of the last six months. We only provide an indept breakdown of the figures on a quarterly basis.I hope this is helpful.435WAs decided by the Administration Committee of the House of Commons, Chief Executive replies to written Parliamentary Questions will now be published in the Official Report. I will also place a copy of this letter in the Library of the House.
Vacancies notified to employment service offices in Catford, Deptford, Forest Hill and Lewisham Month Full-time Part-time Permanent Temporary Notified vacancies — 1,507 150 1,627 30 April 536 — — — — May 627 — — — — June 494 — — — — — 1,705 178 1,820 63 July 626 — — — — August 613 — — — — September 644 — — — —