§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what trends there have been in unemployment rates for the past 12 months for(a) females and (b) males (i) on a national basis and (ii) regionally.
§ Miss WiddecombeClaimant unemployment rates for both males and females fell in every standard region of the United Kingdom between May 1993 and May 1994.
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Males Females Number Rate per cent. Number Rate per cent. Burnley TTWA 1 2,629 10.7 644 3.2 Lancashire 39,326 10.7 10,813 3.7 North West 230,525 13.7 63,481 4.8 England 1,691,942 12.6 513,200 5.0 1Travel to work area.
§ Mr. Keith HillTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest official figures for the numbers of unemployed in(a) Greater London and (b) the Streatham parliamentary constituency; and what were the corresponding figures for each year since 1979.
§ Miss WiddecombeInformation on claimant unemployment is available from June 1983 and can be obtained from the NOMIS database in the Library. All figures are on the unadjusted basis.
§ Mr. Keith HillTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest official figures for the numbers of unfilled vacancies in(a) Greater London and (b) the Streatham parliamentary constituency; and what were the corresponding figures for each year since 1979.
§ Miss WiddecombeComparable information is available from September 1985, down to the level of jobcentre offices, and on the unadjusted basis only. It can be obtained from the NOMIS database in the Library.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many of the people of the Doncaster and Mexborough areas of South Yorkshire placed in work by the Employment Service in the last 12 months were in(a) full-time and (b) part-time, (i) temporary employment giving the period of time contracted for 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 WiddecombeIn the 12 months to May 1994, the latest available period, it is estimated that about 80 per cent. of all those placed into employment by the Employment Service in the Doncaster and the Mexborough jobcentre office areas were placed into permanent jobs, the rest in temporary jobs of up to six months in duration. It is also estimated that about 70 per cent. of vacancies filled in the four quarters to April 1994 were for the full-time jobs, the remainder were for part-time jobs. No information is available on the rates of pay that these jobs attracted.
§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest unemployment figures available for(a) males and (b) females; and what these figures are for (i) Burnley, (ii) Lancashire, (iii) the north West and (iv) England.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe latest unadjusted claimant unemployment numbers and rates relate to 12 May 1994 and are given in the table: