§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his oral answer to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston (Dame J. Knight) of 19 April,Official Report, column 727, how many of the people of the west midlands placed in work by the Employment Service in the last 12 months were in (a) full-time and (b) part-time (i) temporary and (ii) permanent jobs; and what information he has on the proportion of these jobs which paid less than a half of the current average hourly rate.
§ Miss WiddecombeApproximately 70 per cent. of those placed into employment by the Employment Service in the west midlands in the last 12 months were placed into full-time jobs, the rest in part-time jobs. It is estimated that 82 per cent. of vacancies filled in the last 12 months were in permanent jobs, the rest were temporary jobs of up to six months in duration. No information is available on the rates of pay which these jobs attracted.