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23. Mr. Dunn

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the major European countries where unemployment is on a clear downward trend.

20. Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many(a) men and (b) women, excluding those on training schemes, were in (i) full-time and (ii) part-time jobs in June 1979 and at the latest date for which figures are available; and in how many standard planning regions the number of jobs has increased for (1) men and (2) women, considering part-time and full-time separately.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The information requested is provided in the table:

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Only the United Kingdom.

24. Mr. Nicholas Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the current levels of unemployment in the United Kingdom textile and paper and board industries.

Miss Widdecombe

The estimates from the winter 1993–94 labour force survey are that there were 29,000 unemployed people—on the International Labour Organisation definition—who last worked in the textiles and textile produces industry and 17,000 unemployed people who last worked in the manufacture of pulp, paper and paper products industry.

Mr. Harry Greenway

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how the level of unemployment among younger men has changed during the past 12 months.

Miss Widdecombe

In the United Kingdom between April 1993 to April 1994, unadjusted claimant unemployment among 18 to 24-year-old men fell by 73,435-13 per cent.