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Mr. Corbyn : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will indicate the date on which he first received grading projections from each health board on the new clinical structure for nurses, midwives and health visitors.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Health boards' interim returns were received in the latter part of August and in September.
Domestic Assaults
Mrs. Ray Michie : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will instruct police forces to produce separate figures on the number of reported domestic assaults each year ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : This matter is currently under consideration in consultation with the Association of Chief Police Officers (Scotland).
Schools
Mr. Allan Stewart : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will publish details of his proposals for allowing parents to take schools out of local authority control.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : A paper is being issued today entitled "Self- Governing Schools--Extending Choice for Scottish Parents" describing proposals expected to provide
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the basis for forthcoming legislation. It is being made available to education authorities representative bodies, school councils, parent-teacher associations and the general public. Copies have been placed in the Library.These proposals represent another major step towards greater choice in education. Opting for local self-management in place of central control by the education authority will create a new form of school. The school will remain in the public sector but will enjoy freedom to develop its own ethos under local management and to tailor provision to the needs of its pupils and the expectations of the local community.
The decision whether to seek self-governing status will be entirely for the parents at each individual school : there will be no pressure or obligation on any school to take this route against the wishes of parents. The paper we have now issued to education authorities and others provides fuller details of what would be involved. The main features are :
A self-governing school will remain part of the mainstream of education provision, publicly funded, open to all without qualifying examination or fees.
Self-governing schools will be subject to inspection to ensure that they provide a satisfactory standard of education.
The school will be managed, and its staff employed, by a board of management consisting of parents, staff and representatives of the wider community.
Funding will be by direct Government grant, set to match the resources which the school could reasonably have expected to receive if it had stayed under the management of the education authority.
EMPLOYMENT
Skill Training
67. Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment by what means he ensures that the needs of industry for a properly trained work force are met.
Mr. Cope : I refer the hon. Member to the White Paper "Employment in the 1990s" and the statement by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State of 5 December 1988.
Skills Shortages
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what measures his Department is taking to counteract the skills shortage in the south-east.
Mr. Cope : I refer the hon. Member to the chapter on training in White Paper "Employment in the 1990s" published by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State on Monday 5 December.
Tourism
Mr. Robert G. Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he plans to meet the chairman of the English Tourist Board to discuss the expansion of the tourist industry ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lee : My right hon. Friend has no plans for a meeting with the chairman of the English Tourist Board on this subject.
Employment Training (Liverpool)
Mr. Barry Field : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on Liverpool city council's participation in the employment training scheme.
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Mr. Nicholls : Liverpool city council is not taking part in employment training. Indeed, the council decided to punish local voluntary organisations and employers which did want to participate and the High Court has now ruled that this action is unlawful. Unlike Liverpool city council, the Government will continue to provide help through the quality training opportunities offered through employment training.
School Leavers
Mr. McCrindle : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will estimate the numbers of young people leaving school and being available for work in each of the next five years ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Cope : The most recent projected numbers of school leavers in Great Britain available for employment for academic years from 1988-89 to 1992-93 are as follows :
Projected number of school leavers in Great Britain available for employment<1> Academic year ending |Thousands 31 August --------------------------------------------------------------- 1988-89 |520 1989-90 |490 1990-91 |460 1991-92 |440 1992-93 |420 <1> Rounded to the nearest 10,000.
Careers Service (Funding)
Mr. Cummings : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the proposed allocation for the revised careers service strengthening scheme for 1989-90 and for 1988-89 for all local education authorities based on the current method of funding for specific posts.
Mr. Cope : The available information is given in the table below. For 1989-90 under the revised scheme, the figures are of provisional cash allocations ; 1988-89 figures show the number of posts allocated. Grants to LEAs in 1988-89 depends on the number of posts allocated, the extent to which those posts are filled, the salary level of careers officers filling the posts and the level of grants payable for posts under the scheme. Estimates of the actual cash grants which will be paid to each individual authority as a result of these factors are not made. Allocations in 1989-90 are designed to provide a contribution to all careers service costs and are not related to numbers of posts.
Local education |Allocated posts |Cash allocations authority |1988-89 |1989-90 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ILEA |52.0 |920,000 Barking |2.5 |43,000 Barnet |3.0 |42,000 Bexley |3.0 |41,000 Brent |4.0 |78,000 Bromley |3.5 |49,000 Croydon |4.0 |70,000 Ealing |5.0 |63,000 Enfield |4.0 |50,000 Haringey |5.0 |92,000 Harrow |1.0 |22,000 Havering |2.5 |37,000 Hillingdon |2.0 |29,000 Hounslow |2.0 |38,000 Kingston |1.0 |13,000 Merton |0.5 |26,000 Newham |8.0 |122,000 Redbridge |2.5 |47,000 Richmond |0.5 |13,000 Sutton |1.0 |19,000 Waltham Forest |5.0 |73,000 Bedfordshire |9.0 |123,000 Berkshire |9.0 |113,000 Buckinghamshire |6.0 |78,000 Cambridgeshire |9.0 |133,000 East Sussex |8.0 |122,000 Essex |21.0 |303,000 Hampshire |24.0 |358,000 Hertfordshire |11.0 |139,000 Isle of Wight |4.0 |50,000 Kent |26.0 |370,000 Norfolk |15.0 |218,000 Oxfordshire |8.0 |101,000 Suffolk |10.0 |126,000 Surrey |8.0 |101,000 West Sussex |5.0 |65,000 Avon |18.0 |227,000 Cornwall |11.5 |152,000 Devon |20.0 |290,000 Dorset |8.0 |108,000 Gloucestershire |10.0 |126,000 Somerset |9.0 |113,000 Wiltshire |10.5 |132,000 Birmingham |41.0 |667,000 Coventry |15.0 |196,000 Derbyshire |25.0 |384,000 Dudley |9.0 |133,000 Hereford |13.0 |185,000 Leicestershire |14.0 |217,000 Lincolnshire |14.0 |178,000 Northamptonshire |10.0 |126,000 Nottinghamshire |29.0 |446,000 Sandwell |13.0 |190,000 Shropshire |12.0 |151,000 Solihull |5.0 |82,000 Staffordshire |26.0 |383,000 Walsall |9.0 |141,000 Warwickshire |11.0 |139,000 Wolverhampton |14.0 |188,000 Barnsley |11.0 |172,000 Bradford |16.0 |234,000 Calderdale |5.5 |69,000 Doncaster |15.0 |192,000 Humberside |34.5 |440,000 Kirklees |11.0 |160,000 Leeds |22.0 |330,000 North Yorkshire |12.0 |178,000 Rotherham |11.0 |160,000 Sheffield |23.0 |402,000 Wakefield |10.0 |168,000 Bolton |8.0 |126,000 Bury |6.0 |75,000 Cheshire |26.0 |386,000 Cumbria |13.0 |169,000 Knowsley |17.0 |214,000 Lancashire |33.0 |494,000 Liverpool |37.0 |467,000 Manchester |18.0 |317,000 Oldham |6.0 |90,000 Rochdale |6.0 |94,000 Salford |9.0 |138,000 Sefton |13.0 |164,000 St. Helens |10.0 |126,000 Stockport |6.0 |88,000 Tameside |6.0 |91,000 Trafford |6.0 |75,000 Wigan |12.0 |187,000 Wirral |13.0 |182,000 Cleveland |30.0 |379,000 Durham |25.0 |315,000 Northumberland |11.0 |139,000 Gateshead |11.0 |139,000 Newcastle |16.0 |202,000 North Tyne |10.0 |126,000 South Tyne |12.0 |151,000 Sunderland |17.0 |219,000
Job Vacancies
Mr. Bradley : To ask the Secretary of State for employment if he will publish an analysis of known job vacancies in Greater Manchester by skill category required.
Mr. Lee : the following information is in the Library. The table shows the number of unfilled vacancies analysed by occupation at jobcentres in the Greater Manchester county on 7 October 1988. Recent research has confirmed that, nationally, about a third of vacancies are notified to jobcentres.
Job vacancies analysed by occupation in Greater Manchester
as at 7 October 1988
Occupation |Vacancies
description
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Managerial |478
Nursing |139
Typing and Secretarial |245
Clerical and Machine operators |1,648
Selling-Distribution |1,159
Selling-others |493
Security and Protective services |244
Catering |1,367
Cleaning and personal services |1,158
Farming and Fishing |29
Materials Processing-Textiles/Cloth |14
Materials Processing-Food |121
Metal Processing |13
Metal Processing-Others |14
Making/ Repairing/Textiles/Cloths |522
Making/Repairing-Others |273
Machine operator (Engineering)-Skilled |120
Machine operator (Engineering)-Unskilled |19
Toolmakers/Fitters |44
Installation/Maintenance |230
Electricians |166
Electronic Technicians |36
Welding/Fabrication |231
Painting |80
Assembling/Packaging/Inspecting |306
Construction-Skilled |211
Construction-Unskilled |34
Mining and Quarrying |2
Transport Operators-HGV and PSV |173
Transport Operators-Others |509
Miscellaneous |380
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Total |10,504
Mr. Bradley : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of vacancies which exist by industrial classification in each of the constituencies in Greater Manchester ; and if he will list other vacancies according to whatever similar criteria his Department uses for the same area.
Mr. Lee : The table gives the available information which is also in the Library. It shows the number of unfilled vacancies analysed by industry at jobcentres in the county of Greater Manchester on 5 August 1988, the latest
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available date. Vacancy statistics are collected by jobcentre area, and it is not possible to allocate the figures accurately by parliamentary constituency for Greater Manchester.Column 218
Recent research has confirmed that, nationally, about a third of vacancies are notified to jobcentres.Column 217
Unfilled vacancies analysed by industry-5 August 1988
Industrial |Newton Heath |Oldham and |Prestwick jobcentre
classification |jobcentre |Chadderton
|jobcentre
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Agriculture, forestry and fishing |0 |0 |0
Coal extraction |1 |0 |0
Mineral oil and natural gas extraction |0 |0 |0
Mineral oil processing |0 |0 |0
Nuclear fuel production |0 |0 |0
Gas, electricity and water |0 |0 |0
Extraction of other minerals and ores |0 |0 |0
Metal manufacture |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of non-metallic products |4 |0 |0
Chemical industry |1 |6 |0
Production of man-made fibres |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of metal goods |5 |2 |0
Mechanical engineering |14 |22 |3
Manufacture: office machinery/DP equipment |0 |0 |5
Electrical and electronic engineering |6 |17 |12
Manufacture of motor vehicles |6 |2 |0
Shipbuilding and repairing |0 |3 |0
Manufacture: aerospace/transport equipment |2 |0 |0
Instrument engineering |1 |0 |0
Food, drink and tobacco |9 |0 |7
Textiles |2 |2 |0
Leather, footware and clothing |21 |9 |1
Timber and furniture |8 |4 |10
Paper, printing and publishing |5 |1 |0
Other manufacturing |6 |0 |1
Construction |35 |7 |4
Wholesale and distribution |3 |9 |3
Retail distribution |43 |13 |16
Hotels and catering |34 |13 |37
Repair of consumer goods and vehicles |6 |0 |0
Transport |16 |11 |41
Telecommunications |1 |1 |1
Insurance, banking etc., business services |49 |7 |14
Public administration and defence |30 |8 |30
Medical and other health services |14 |4 |13
Other services-NES |22 |8 |45
Speculative placings/transfers/inputs |0 |0 |0
|------- |------- |-------
Totals |346 |149 |243
Unfilled vacancies analysed by industry-5 August 1988
Industrial |Newton Heath |Oldham and |Prestwick jobcentre
classification |jobcentre |Chadderton
|jobcentre
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |0 |0 |0
Coal extraction |1 |0 |0
Mineral oil and natural gas extraction |0 |0 |0
Mineral oil processing |0 |0 |0
Nuclear fuel production |0 |0 |0
Gas, electricity and water |0 |0 |0
Extraction of other minerals and ores |0 |0 |0
Metal manufacture |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of non-metallic products |4 |0 |0
Chemical industry |1 |6 |0
Production of man-made fibres |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of metal goods |5 |2 |0
Mechanical engineering |14 |22 |3
Manufacture: office machinery/DP equipment |0 |0 |5
Electrical and electronic engineering |6 |17 |12
Manufacture of motor vehicles |6 |2 |0
Shipbuilding and repairing |0 |3 |0
Manufacture: aerospace/transport equipment |2 |0 |0
Instrument engineering |1 |0 |0
Food, drink and tobacco |9 |0 |7
Textiles |2 |2 |0
Leather, footware and clothing |21 |9 |1
Timber and furniture |8 |4 |10
Paper, printing and publishing |5 |1 |0
Other manufacturing |6 |0 |1
Construction |35 |7 |4
Wholesale and distribution |3 |9 |3
Retail distribution |43 |13 |16
Hotels and catering |34 |13 |37
Repair of consumer goods and vehicles |6 |0 |0
Transport |16 |11 |41
Telecommunications |1 |1 |1
Insurance, banking etc., business services |49 |7 |14
Public administration and defence |30 |8 |30
Medical and other health services |14 |4 |13
Other services-NES |22 |8 |45
Speculative placings/transfers/inputs |0 |0 |0
|------- |------- |-------
Totals |346 |149 |243
Unfilled vacancies analysed by industry-5 August 1988
Industrial |Newton Heath |Oldham and |Prestwick jobcentre
classification |jobcentre |Chadderton
|jobcentre
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |0 |0 |0
Coal extraction |1 |0 |0
Mineral oil and natural gas extraction |0 |0 |0
Mineral oil processing |0 |0 |0
Nuclear fuel production |0 |0 |0
Gas, electricity and water |0 |0 |0
Extraction of other minerals and ores |0 |0 |0
Metal manufacture |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of non-metallic products |4 |0 |0
Chemical industry |1 |6 |0
Production of man-made fibres |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of metal goods |5 |2 |0
Mechanical engineering |14 |22 |3
Manufacture: office machinery/DP equipment |0 |0 |5
Electrical and electronic engineering |6 |17 |12
Manufacture of motor vehicles |6 |2 |0
Shipbuilding and repairing |0 |3 |0
Manufacture: aerospace/transport equipment |2 |0 |0
Instrument engineering |1 |0 |0
Food, drink and tobacco |9 |0 |7
Textiles |2 |2 |0
Leather, footware and clothing |21 |9 |1
Timber and furniture |8 |4 |10
Paper, printing and publishing |5 |1 |0
Other manufacturing |6 |0 |1
Construction |35 |7 |4
Wholesale and distribution |3 |9 |3
Retail distribution |43 |13 |16
Hotels and catering |34 |13 |37
Repair of consumer goods and vehicles |6 |0 |0
Transport |16 |11 |41
Telecommunications |1 |1 |1
Insurance, banking etc., business services |49 |7 |14
Public administration and defence |30 |8 |30
Medical and other health services |14 |4 |13
Other services-NES |22 |8 |45
Speculative placings/transfers/inputs |0 |0 |0
|------- |------- |-------
Totals |346 |149 |243
Unfilled vacancies analysed by industry-5 August 1988
Industrial |Newton Heath |Oldham and |Prestwick jobcentre
classification |jobcentre |Chadderton
|jobcentre
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |0 |0 |0
Coal extraction |1 |0 |0
Mineral oil and natural gas extraction |0 |0 |0
Mineral oil processing |0 |0 |0
Nuclear fuel production |0 |0 |0
Gas, electricity and water |0 |0 |0
Extraction of other minerals and ores |0 |0 |0
Metal manufacture |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of non-metallic products |4 |0 |0
Chemical industry |1 |6 |0
Production of man-made fibres |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of metal goods |5 |2 |0
Mechanical engineering |14 |22 |3
Manufacture: office machinery/DP equipment |0 |0 |5
Electrical and electronic engineering |6 |17 |12
Manufacture of motor vehicles |6 |2 |0
Shipbuilding and repairing |0 |3 |0
Manufacture: aerospace/transport equipment |2 |0 |0
Instrument engineering |1 |0 |0
Food, drink and tobacco |9 |0 |7
Textiles |2 |2 |0
Leather, footware and clothing |21 |9 |1
Timber and furniture |8 |4 |10
Paper, printing and publishing |5 |1 |0
Other manufacturing |6 |0 |1
Construction |35 |7 |4
Wholesale and distribution |3 |9 |3
Retail distribution |43 |13 |16
Hotels and catering |34 |13 |37
Repair of consumer goods and vehicles |6 |0 |0
Transport |16 |11 |41
Telecommunications |1 |1 |1
Insurance, banking etc., business services |49 |7 |14
Public administration and defence |30 |8 |30
Medical and other health services |14 |4 |13
Other services-NES |22 |8 |45
Speculative placings/transfers/inputs |0 |0 |0
|------- |------- |-------
Totals |346 |149 |243
Unfilled vacancies analysed by industry-5 August 1988
Industrial |Newton Heath |Oldham and |Prestwick jobcentre
classification |jobcentre |Chadderton
|jobcentre
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |0 |0 |0
Coal extraction |1 |0 |0
Mineral oil and natural gas extraction |0 |0 |0
Mineral oil processing |0 |0 |0
Nuclear fuel production |0 |0 |0
Gas, electricity and water |0 |0 |0
Extraction of other minerals and ores |0 |0 |0
Metal manufacture |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of non-metallic products |4 |0 |0
Chemical industry |1 |6 |0
Production of man-made fibres |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of metal goods |5 |2 |0
Mechanical engineering |14 |22 |3
Manufacture: office machinery/DP equipment |0 |0 |5
Electrical and electronic engineering |6 |17 |12
Manufacture of motor vehicles |6 |2 |0
Shipbuilding and repairing |0 |3 |0
Manufacture: aerospace/transport equipment |2 |0 |0
Instrument engineering |1 |0 |0
Food, drink and tobacco |9 |0 |7
Textiles |2 |2 |0
Leather, footware and clothing |21 |9 |1
Timber and furniture |8 |4 |10
Paper, printing and publishing |5 |1 |0
Other manufacturing |6 |0 |1
Construction |35 |7 |4
Wholesale and distribution |3 |9 |3
Retail distribution |43 |13 |16
Hotels and catering |34 |13 |37
Repair of consumer goods and vehicles |6 |0 |0
Transport |16 |11 |41
Telecommunications |1 |1 |1
Insurance, banking etc., business services |49 |7 |14
Public administration and defence |30 |8 |30
Medical and other health services |14 |4 |13
Other services-NES |22 |8 |45
Speculative placings/transfers/inputs |0 |0 |0
|------- |------- |-------
Totals |346 |149 |243
Unfilled vacancies analysed by industry-5 August 1988
Industrial |Newton Heath |Oldham and |Prestwick jobcentre
classification |jobcentre |Chadderton
|jobcentre
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |0 |0 |0
Coal extraction |1 |0 |0
Mineral oil and natural gas extraction |0 |0 |0
Mineral oil processing |0 |0 |0
Nuclear fuel production |0 |0 |0
Gas, electricity and water |0 |0 |0
Extraction of other minerals and ores |0 |0 |0
Metal manufacture |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of non-metallic products |4 |0 |0
Chemical industry |1 |6 |0
Production of man-made fibres |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of metal goods |5 |2 |0
Mechanical engineering |14 |22 |3
Manufacture: office machinery/DP equipment |0 |0 |5
Electrical and electronic engineering |6 |17 |12
Manufacture of motor vehicles |6 |2 |0
Shipbuilding and repairing |0 |3 |0
Manufacture: aerospace/transport equipment |2 |0 |0
Instrument engineering |1 |0 |0
Food, drink and tobacco |9 |0 |7
Textiles |2 |2 |0
Leather, footware and clothing |21 |9 |1
Timber and furniture |8 |4 |10
Paper, printing and publishing |5 |1 |0
Other manufacturing |6 |0 |1
Construction |35 |7 |4
Wholesale and distribution |3 |9 |3
Retail distribution |43 |13 |16
Hotels and catering |34 |13 |37
Repair of consumer goods and vehicles |6 |0 |0
Transport |16 |11 |41
Telecommunications |1 |1 |1
Insurance, banking etc., business services |49 |7 |14
Public administration and defence |30 |8 |30
Medical and other health services |14 |4 |13
Other services-NES |22 |8 |45
Speculative placings/transfers/inputs |0 |0 |0
|------- |------- |-------
Totals |346 |149 |243
Unfilled vacancies analysed by industry-5 August 1988
Industrial |Newton Heath |Oldham and |Prestwick jobcentre
classification |jobcentre |Chadderton
|jobcentre
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |0 |0 |0
Coal extraction |1 |0 |0
Mineral oil and natural gas extraction |0 |0 |0
Mineral oil processing |0 |0 |0
Nuclear fuel production |0 |0 |0
Gas, electricity and water |0 |0 |0
Extraction of other minerals and ores |0 |0 |0
Metal manufacture |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of non-metallic products |4 |0 |0
Chemical industry |1 |6 |0
Production of man-made fibres |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of metal goods |5 |2 |0
Mechanical engineering |14 |22 |3
Manufacture: office machinery/DP equipment |0 |0 |5
Electrical and electronic engineering |6 |17 |12
Manufacture of motor vehicles |6 |2 |0
Shipbuilding and repairing |0 |3 |0
Manufacture: aerospace/transport equipment |2 |0 |0
Instrument engineering |1 |0 |0
Food, drink and tobacco |9 |0 |7
Textiles |2 |2 |0
Leather, footware and clothing |21 |9 |1
Timber and furniture |8 |4 |10
Paper, printing and publishing |5 |1 |0
Other manufacturing |6 |0 |1
Construction |35 |7 |4
Wholesale and distribution |3 |9 |3
Retail distribution |43 |13 |16
Hotels and catering |34 |13 |37
Repair of consumer goods and vehicles |6 |0 |0
Transport |16 |11 |41
Telecommunications |1 |1 |1
Insurance, banking etc., business services |49 |7 |14
Public administration and defence |30 |8 |30
Medical and other health services |14 |4 |13
Other services-NES |22 |8 |45
Speculative placings/transfers/inputs |0 |0 |0
|------- |------- |-------
Totals |346 |149 |243
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Unfilled vacancies analysed by industry-5 August 1988
Industrial |Newton Heath |Oldham and |Prestwick jobcentre
classification |jobcentre |Chadderton
|jobcentre
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |0 |0 |0
Coal extraction |1 |0 |0
Mineral oil and natural gas extraction |0 |0 |0
Mineral oil processing |0 |0 |0
Nuclear fuel production |0 |0 |0
Gas, electricity and water |0 |0 |0
Extraction of other minerals and ores |0 |0 |0
Metal manufacture |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of non-metallic products |4 |0 |0
Chemical industry |1 |6 |0
Production of man-made fibres |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of metal goods |5 |2 |0
Mechanical engineering |14 |22 |3
Manufacture: office machinery/DP equipment |0 |0 |5
Electrical and electronic engineering |6 |17 |12
Manufacture of motor vehicles |6 |2 |0
Shipbuilding and repairing |0 |3 |0
Manufacture: aerospace/transport equipment |2 |0 |0
Instrument engineering |1 |0 |0
Food, drink and tobacco |9 |0 |7
Textiles |2 |2 |0
Leather, footware and clothing |21 |9 |1
Timber and furniture |8 |4 |10
Paper, printing and publishing |5 |1 |0
Other manufacturing |6 |0 |1
Construction |35 |7 |4
Wholesale and distribution |3 |9 |3
Retail distribution |43 |13 |16
Hotels and catering |34 |13 |37
Repair of consumer goods and vehicles |6 |0 |0
Transport |16 |11 |41
Telecommunications |1 |1 |1
Insurance, banking etc., business services |49 |7 |14
Public administration and defence |30 |8 |30
Medical and other health services |14 |4 |13
Other services-NES |22 |8 |45
Speculative placings/transfers/inputs |0 |0 |0
|------- |------- |-------
Totals |346 |149 |243
Unfilled vacancies analysed by industry-5 August 1988
Industrial |Newton Heath |Oldham and |Prestwick jobcentre
classification |jobcentre |Chadderton
|jobcentre
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |0 |0 |0
Coal extraction |1 |0 |0
Mineral oil and natural gas extraction |0 |0 |0
Mineral oil processing |0 |0 |0
Nuclear fuel production |0 |0 |0
Gas, electricity and water |0 |0 |0
Extraction of other minerals and ores |0 |0 |0
Metal manufacture |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of non-metallic products |4 |0 |0
Chemical industry |1 |6 |0
Production of man-made fibres |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of metal goods |5 |2 |0
Mechanical engineering |14 |22 |3
Manufacture: office machinery/DP equipment |0 |0 |5
Electrical and electronic engineering |6 |17 |12
Manufacture of motor vehicles |6 |2 |0
Shipbuilding and repairing |0 |3 |0
Manufacture: aerospace/transport equipment |2 |0 |0
Instrument engineering |1 |0 |0
Food, drink and tobacco |9 |0 |7
Textiles |2 |2 |0
Leather, footware and clothing |21 |9 |1
Timber and furniture |8 |4 |10
Paper, printing and publishing |5 |1 |0
Other manufacturing |6 |0 |1
Construction |35 |7 |4
Wholesale and distribution |3 |9 |3
Retail distribution |43 |13 |16
Hotels and catering |34 |13 |37
Repair of consumer goods and vehicles |6 |0 |0
Transport |16 |11 |41
Telecommunications |1 |1 |1
Insurance, banking etc., business services |49 |7 |14
Public administration and defence |30 |8 |30
Medical and other health services |14 |4 |13
Other services-NES |22 |8 |45
Speculative placings/transfers/inputs |0 |0 |0
|------- |------- |-------
Totals |346 |149 |243
Unfilled vacancies analysed by industry-5 August 1988
Industrial |Newton Heath |Oldham and |Prestwick jobcentre
classification |jobcentre |Chadderton
|jobcentre
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |0 |0 |0
Coal extraction |1 |0 |0
Mineral oil and natural gas extraction |0 |0 |0
Mineral oil processing |0 |0 |0
Nuclear fuel production |0 |0 |0
Gas, electricity and water |0 |0 |0
Extraction of other minerals and ores |0 |0 |0
Metal manufacture |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of non-metallic products |4 |0 |0
Chemical industry |1 |6 |0
Production of man-made fibres |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of metal goods |5 |2 |0
Mechanical engineering |14 |22 |3
Manufacture: office machinery/DP equipment |0 |0 |5
Electrical and electronic engineering |6 |17 |12
Manufacture of motor vehicles |6 |2 |0
Shipbuilding and repairing |0 |3 |0
Manufacture: aerospace/transport equipment |2 |0 |0
Instrument engineering |1 |0 |0
Food, drink and tobacco |9 |0 |7
Textiles |2 |2 |0
Leather, footware and clothing |21 |9 |1
Timber and furniture |8 |4 |10
Paper, printing and publishing |5 |1 |0
Other manufacturing |6 |0 |1
Construction |35 |7 |4
Wholesale and distribution |3 |9 |3
Retail distribution |43 |13 |16
Hotels and catering |34 |13 |37
Repair of consumer goods and vehicles |6 |0 |0
Transport |16 |11 |41
Telecommunications |1 |1 |1
Insurance, banking etc., business services |49 |7 |14
Public administration and defence |30 |8 |30
Medical and other health services |14 |4 |13
Other services-NES |22 |8 |45
Speculative placings/transfers/inputs |0 |0 |0
|------- |------- |-------
Totals |346 |149 |243
Unfilled vacancies analysed by industry-5 August 1988
Industrial |Newton Heath |Oldham and |Prestwick jobcentre
classification |jobcentre |Chadderton
|jobcentre
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |0 |0 |0
Coal extraction |1 |0 |0
Mineral oil and natural gas extraction |0 |0 |0
Mineral oil processing |0 |0 |0
Nuclear fuel production |0 |0 |0
Gas, electricity and water |0 |0 |0
Extraction of other minerals and ores |0 |0 |0
Metal manufacture |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of non-metallic products |4 |0 |0
Chemical industry |1 |6 |0
Production of man-made fibres |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of metal goods |5 |2 |0
Mechanical engineering |14 |22 |3
Manufacture: office machinery/DP equipment |0 |0 |5
Electrical and electronic engineering |6 |17 |12
Manufacture of motor vehicles |6 |2 |0
Shipbuilding and repairing |0 |3 |0
Manufacture: aerospace/transport equipment |2 |0 |0
Instrument engineering |1 |0 |0
Food, drink and tobacco |9 |0 |7
Textiles |2 |2 |0
Leather, footware and clothing |21 |9 |1
Timber and furniture |8 |4 |10
Paper, printing and publishing |5 |1 |0
Other manufacturing |6 |0 |1
Construction |35 |7 |4
Wholesale and distribution |3 |9 |3
Retail distribution |43 |13 |16
Hotels and catering |34 |13 |37
Repair of consumer goods and vehicles |6 |0 |0
Transport |16 |11 |41
Telecommunications |1 |1 |1
Insurance, banking etc., business services |49 |7 |14
Public administration and defence |30 |8 |30
Medical and other health services |14 |4 |13
Other services-NES |22 |8 |45
Speculative placings/transfers/inputs |0 |0 |0
|------- |------- |-------
Totals |346 |149 |243
Unfilled vacancies analysed by industry-5 August 1988
Industrial |Newton Heath |Oldham and |Prestwick jobcentre
classification |jobcentre |Chadderton
|jobcentre
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |0 |0 |0
Coal extraction |1 |0 |0
Mineral oil and natural gas extraction |0 |0 |0
Mineral oil processing |0 |0 |0
Nuclear fuel production |0 |0 |0
Gas, electricity and water |0 |0 |0
Extraction of other minerals and ores |0 |0 |0
Metal manufacture |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of non-metallic products |4 |0 |0
Chemical industry |1 |6 |0
Production of man-made fibres |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of metal goods |5 |2 |0
Mechanical engineering |14 |22 |3
Manufacture: office machinery/DP equipment |0 |0 |5
Electrical and electronic engineering |6 |17 |12
Manufacture of motor vehicles |6 |2 |0
Shipbuilding and repairing |0 |3 |0
Manufacture: aerospace/transport equipment |2 |0 |0
Instrument engineering |1 |0 |0
Food, drink and tobacco |9 |0 |7
Textiles |2 |2 |0
Leather, footware and clothing |21 |9 |1
Timber and furniture |8 |4 |10
Paper, printing and publishing |5 |1 |0
Other manufacturing |6 |0 |1
Construction |35 |7 |4
Wholesale and distribution |3 |9 |3
Retail distribution |43 |13 |16
Hotels and catering |34 |13 |37
Repair of consumer goods and vehicles |6 |0 |0
Transport |16 |11 |41
Telecommunications |1 |1 |1
Insurance, banking etc., business services |49 |7 |14
Public administration and defence |30 |8 |30
Medical and other health services |14 |4 |13
Other services-NES |22 |8 |45
Speculative placings/transfers/inputs |0 |0 |0
|------- |------- |-------
Totals |346 |149 |243
Unfilled vacancies analysed by industry-5 August 1988
Industrial |Newton Heath |Oldham and |Prestwick jobcentre
classification |jobcentre |Chadderton
|jobcentre
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |0 |0 |0
Coal extraction |1 |0 |0
Mineral oil and natural gas extraction |0 |0 |0
Mineral oil processing |0 |0 |0
Nuclear fuel production |0 |0 |0
Gas, electricity and water |0 |0 |0
Extraction of other minerals and ores |0 |0 |0
Metal manufacture |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of non-metallic products |4 |0 |0
Chemical industry |1 |6 |0
Production of man-made fibres |0 |0 |0
Manufacture of metal goods |5 |2 |0
Mechanical engineering |14 |22 |3
Manufacture: office machinery/DP equipment |0 |0 |5
Electrical and electronic engineering |6 |17 |12
Manufacture of motor vehicles |6 |2 |0
Shipbuilding and repairing |0 |3 |0
Manufacture: aerospace/transport equipment |2 |0 |0
Instrument engineering |1 |0 |0
Food, drink and tobacco |9 |0 |7
Textiles |2 |2 |0
Leather, footware and clothing |21 |9 |1
Timber and furniture |8 |4 |10
Paper, printing and publishing |5 |1 |0
Other manufacturing |6 |0 |1
Construction |35 |7 |4
Wholesale and distribution |3 |9 |3
Retail distribution |43 |13 |16
Hotels and catering |34 |13 |37
Repair of consumer goods and vehicles |6 |0 |0
Transport |16 |11 |41
Telecommunications |1 |1 |1
Insurance, banking etc., business services |49 |7 |14
Public administration and defence |30 |8 |30
Medical and other health services |14 |4 |13
Other services-NES |22 |8 |45
Speculative placings/transfers/inputs |0 |0 |0
|------- |------- |-------
Totals |346 |149 |243
Coal Industry (Accidents)
Mr. Illsley : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether, in view of the accident rates of contractors to British Coal, he will take any measures to improve safety records of those companies through stricter enforcement of the relevant legislation.
Mr. Nicholls : The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) enforce the Health and Safety at Work Etc. Act 1974 and other legislation as it applies to contractors and their employees within mines. This Act and the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 also require British Coal and its managers to ensure the safety of contractors. British Coal has also recently taken action with its major contractors to improve safety standards and safety awareness.
Children (Insurance Cover)
Mr. Archer : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he has any plans to seek to amend section 2 of the Employers Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 so as to provide for compulsory insurance cover for children employed by their relatives ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Nicholls : My right hon. Friend has no plans to seek to amend section 2 of the Act.
Mining Industry (Accidents)
Mr. Illsley : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the rate of fatal and major injury accidents of (a) British Coal employees and (b) employees contracted to British Coal expressed as a ratio of accidents to total numbers employed in each category.
Mr. Nicholls : The information is not available in the form requested.
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the rate of (i) deaths and (ii) serious accidents in the mining industry per 100,000 workers in each year since 1970.
Mr. Nicholls : The information requested is listed in the table :
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Year |Number employed |Fatal rate per |Serious injury rate
|(1,000's) |100,000 employed |per 100,000
|employed
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1970 |304.4 |29.9 |210.8
1971 |297.7 |24.2 |215.8
1972 |289.7 |22.1 |179.6
1973 |270.1 |29.6 |204.8
1974 |256.7 |18.7 |194.1
1975 |259.2 |24.7 |226.2
1976 |254.5 |19.7 |210.6
1977 |252.6 |15.9 |198.8
1978 |248.1 |25.4 |199.2
1979 |243.5 |18.9 |194.6
1980 |242.6 |17.3 |211.6
1981<1> |232.4 |15.1 |351.3
1982 |220.5 |17.3 |393.2
1983 |206.3 |14.6 |400.0
1984-85<3><4> |175.4 |12.6 |216.0
1985-86<3><5> |154.6 |18.2 |464.3
1986-87<2><3><5> |125.4 |12.0 |761.6
1987-88<3><5> |104.4 |8.6 |702.9
Source: Health and Safety Executive and British Coal.
<1> NADOR Regulations 1980-introduced 1 January 1981.
<2> RIDDOR Regulations 1985-introduced 1 April 1986.
<3> Average number employed during the year.
<4> Covers 15-month period January 1984-March 1985-not comparable with earlier calendar year data.
<5> Excludes licensed mines.
Opencast Mining
Mrs. Golding : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if any investigation has been made of health problems arising from the close proximity of people to opencast mining ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholls : I am not aware of any authoritative survey or investigation into links between opencast mining and illness in people living nearby. There is no firm evidence that such a study would be worthwhile. However the Health and Safety Executive will continue to monitor the position and will take account of any new evidence that may emerge.
Labour Statistics
Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give details of the impact of changes in the method of calculating unemployment figures since 1979 on the figures for the Stretford constituency.
Mr. Lee : The information requested is not available for areas smaller than standard planning regions.
Mr. Bradley : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing what information he has for Greater Manchester as to the average weekly wage for (a) full-time male employees, (b) part- time male employees, (c) full-time female employees and (d) part-time female employees in both cash terms and real terms based on 1987-88 prices, for each year since 1979.
Mr. Lee : The available figures of average gross weekly earnings of employees in Greater Manchester are given in the table.
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Average gross weekly earnings-Greater Manchester metropolitan
county (gross earnings of adult employees whose pay was not
affected by absence)
April (£ per week)
Males<1> Females<2>
|Full time |Full time |Part time<3>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cash terms
1979 |98.8 |60.7 |26.7
1980 |120.0 |74.3 |33.5
1981 |136.6 |88.2 |36.5
1982 |147.1 |93.8 |39.4
1983 |160.1 |101.7 |43.4
1984 |171.5 |110.9 |45.9
1985 |183.5 |119.6 |48.8
1986 |198.6 |130.6 |52.0
1987 |214.4 |140.6 |55.7
1988 |231.4 |154.8 |NYA
At April 1988 prices<4>
1979 |192.5 |118.3 |52.0
1980 |192.1 |118.9 |53.6
1981 |195.1 |126.0 |52.1
1982 |192.1 |122.5 |51.4
1983 |201.0 |127.7 |54.5
1984 |204.7 |132.4 |54.8
1985 |204.8 |133.5 |54.5
1986 |215.1 |141.5 |56.3
1987 |222.8 |146.1 |57.9
1988 |231.4 |154.8 |NYA
Notes:
<1> Aged 21 years and over.
<2> Aged 18 years and over.
<3> Figures from 1984 onwards estimated from those on adult rates.
<4> Cash figures revalued using April 1988 retail price index (all items).
NYA denotes not yet available.
Figures for part time males are not available.
Source: New Earnings Survey.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the unemployment figures for each quarter from 1971 onwards, calculated on the same basis as last week's figures and publish alongside them the figures released at each quarter by his Department.
Mr. Lee : The table shows the latest seasonally adjusted unemployment figures consistent with the current coverage, together with the seasonally adjusted unemployment figures as published at the time for the United Kingdom, quarterly from January 1971.
United Kingdom
|Seasonally adjusted|Seasonally adjusted
|unemployment |unemployment as
|consistent with |published at the
|current coverage |time<1>
|Total |Total
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1971
January |538.2 |647.7
April |604.3 |718.7
July |670.2 |794.2
October |721.5 |852.6
1972
January |760.1 |900.1
April |782.7 |911.9
July |718.3 |846.4
October |686.9 |814.8
1973
January |609.4 |738.6
April |552.9 |647.7
July |512.1 |606.3
October |461.5 |538.8
1974
January |473.8 |565.1
April |504.1 |573.0
July |517.4 |605.5
October |546.1 |636.8
1975
January |594.6 |712.9
April |691.2 |798.3
July |825.4 |968.2
October |944.6 |1,088.7
1976
January |1,032.5 |1,196.9
April |1,081.8 |1,251.5
July |1,103.6 |1,285.6
October |1,110.3 |1,305.9
1977
January |1,123.6 |1,345.1
April |1,130.4 |1,322.6
July |1,180.4 |1,402.2
October |1,201.3 |1,433.4
1978
January |1,180.8 |1,419.2
April |1,161.2 |1,387.1
July |1,147.7 |1,371.4
October |1,127.7 |1,359.6
1979
January |1,102.3 |1,339.1
April |1,089.1 |1,327.4
July |1,066.1 |1,278.7
October |1,053.9 |1,282.0
1980
January |1,073.8 |1,336.7
April |1,185.9 |1,458.1
July |1,342.6 |1,605.7
October |1,596.4 |1,892.6
1981
January |1,861.1 |2,228.3
April |2,068.0 |2,452.3
July |2,226.8 |2,582.3
October |2,342.2 |2,728.9
1982
January |2,425.8 |2,828.9
April |2,477.7 |2,850.3
July |2,553.4 |2,926.4
October |2,641.4 |3,059.5
1983
January |2,718.0 |2,984.7
April |2,766.8 |3,021.2
July |2,810.2 |2,963.2
October |2,822.0 |2,941.2
1984
January |2,853.4 |2,975.1
April |2,878.7 |3,012.3
July |2,917.3 |3,053.9
October |2,972.2 |3,101.2
1985
January |3,000.6 |3,126.4
April |3,037.2 |3,177.2
July |3,033.3 |3,175.4
October |3,050.7 |3,174.8
1986
January |3,081.3 |3,204.9
April |3,114.6 |3,201.8
July |3,133.2 |3,224.0
October |3,096.3 |3,167.6
1987
January |3,051.3 |3,119.4
April |2,953.9 |3,020.1
July |2,812.6 |2,877.6
October |2,663.9 |2,714.9
1988
January |2,519.4 |2,563.1
April |2,402.9 |2,455.0
July |2,267.3 |2,313.9
October |2,160.2 |2,160.2
<1>These are the figures first published at the time. They therefore do not
allow for all the various changes in coverage. Nor do they take account of the
later more accurate assessments of the seasonal variations.
Tourism Mr. Butterfill : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what plans the Government have to increase employment in the tourism industry in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the south ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lee : The Government will continue with the sound economic policies that have helped to establish an enterprise economy which is generating sustained growth. The Government's role in developing the tourism industry in England is being considered as part of the review announced by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State on July 18.
Mr. Butterfill : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has on the total amount spent on tourism and leisure developments in the first six months of 1988 ; what are the figures compared with those for the previous six month period ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lee : The English tourist board's "Tourism Investment Report" shows that the total amount spent on projects with a value of £0.5 million or more which were completed in the period January to June 1988 was £247 million. Investment in projects under construction during the periods January to June 1988 and July to December 1987 amounted to £1,737 million and £1,005 million respectively.
VAT Mr. Heddle : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what assessments he has made as to the likely effect on (a) his Department's capital building programme and (b) the rent the Department will pay under occupational leases, of implementation of the European Court of Justice's judgment on value added tax on non-domestic buildings.
Mr. Cope : Implementation of the European Court of Justice's judgment on VAT will have no effect on my Department's capital building programme, since compensating adjustments have been made to the relevant expenditure provisions. At this stage, before landlords have decided whether to exercise their option to tax rents, it is not possible to offer meaningful estimates of the effects of the judgment on rental costs.
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