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Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment for each of the Training Agency's areas within Greater London, Birmingham and Greater Manchester, what are the monthly statistics for each month since September 1988 for employment training showing (a) the number of trainees receiving employment training allowances, (b) the number of people receiving community programme wages, (c) the overall cumulative number of trainees in training for each month, and (d) the number of starts in each month with employment training training managers.
Mr. Nicholls : The information is given in the tables.
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Table 2
Employment Training: Number of Trainees Receiving CP Wages September 1988-September 1989
|Sept. |Oct. |Nov. |Dec. |Jan. |Feb. |March |April |May |June |July |August|Sept.
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Inner London
North |1,826 |1,514 |1,306 |1,063 |590 |278 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Inner London
South |956 |1,736 |1,331 |939 |742 |454 |189 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
London East |851 |639 |511 |351 |176 |44 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
London North |1,554 |1,368 |1,032 |829 |562 |248 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
London South |451 |311 |195 |175 |100 |38 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
London West |273 |239 |191 |135 |76 |12 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
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Birmingham and
Solihull |4,649 |3,655 |2,764 |1,975 |1,318 |596 |92 |28 |13 |0 |0 |0 |0
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Central Manchester |3,295 |2,592 |1,965 |1,531 |976 |445 |122 |121 |120 |0 |0 |0 |0
Greater Manchester
North |2,364 |1,916 |1,448 |1,050 |621 |107 |13 |6 |4 |0 |0 |0 |0
Greater Manchester
East |1,552 |1,211 |931 |795 |608 |370 |36 |35 |31 |0 |0 |0 |0
Table 2
Employment Training: Number of Trainees Receiving CP Wages September 1988-September 1989
|Sept. |Oct. |Nov. |Dec. |Jan. |Feb. |March |April |May |June |July |August|Sept.
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Inner London
North |1,826 |1,514 |1,306 |1,063 |590 |278 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Inner London
South |956 |1,736 |1,331 |939 |742 |454 |189 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
London East |851 |639 |511 |351 |176 |44 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
London North |1,554 |1,368 |1,032 |829 |562 |248 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
London South |451 |311 |195 |175 |100 |38 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
London West |273 |239 |191 |135 |76 |12 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
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Birmingham and
Solihull |4,649 |3,655 |2,764 |1,975 |1,318 |596 |92 |28 |13 |0 |0 |0 |0
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Central Manchester |3,295 |2,592 |1,965 |1,531 |976 |445 |122 |121 |120 |0 |0 |0 |0
Greater Manchester
North |2,364 |1,916 |1,448 |1,050 |621 |107 |13 |6 |4 |0 |0 |0 |0
Greater Manchester
East |1,552 |1,211 |931 |795 |608 |370 |36 |35 |31 |0 |0 |0 |0
Table 3
Employment Training: Total number of trainees in training
September 1988-September 1989
|Sept. |Oct. |Nov. |Dec. |Jan. |Feb. |March |April |May |June |July |August|Sept.
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Inner London North |3,106 |3,772 |4,349 |4,542 |5,167 |5,401 |5,577 |5,675 |5,794 |6,054 |6,362 |6,434 |6,986
Inner London South |2,692 |2,599 |2,637 |2,664 |2,789 |2,842 |3,019 |3,355 |3,345 |3,302 |3,485 |3,429 |3,556
London East |1,683 |1,737 |1,932 |1,925 |1,997 |2,032 |2,010 |2,158 |2,198 |2,338 |2,519 |2,523 |2,502
London North |2,451 |2,639 |2,845 |2,971 |3,072 |3,128 |3,278 |3,321 |3,555 |3,704 |3,772 |3,922 |4,180
London South |840 |742 |809 |828 |1,117 |1,338 |1,439 |1,630 |1,609 |1,759 |1,698 |1,598 |1,798
London West |521 |670 |822 |875 |1,015 |1,109 |1,181 |1,214 |1,176 |1,186 |1,152 |1,086 |1,186
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Birmingham and Solihull |6,012 |5,725 |5,635 |5,622 |5,837 |6,262 |6,731 |7,430 |7,359 |7,677 |7,894 |8,151 |8,119
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Central Manchester |4,641 |4,401 |4,337 |4,041 |3,773 |3,805 |3,937 |4,172 |4,189 |4,136 |4,327 |4,060 |4,136
Greater Manchester North |3,078 |3,019 |2,917 |2,775 |2,588 |2,397 |2,548 |2,664 |2,622 |2,810 |2,983 |2,963 |2,899
Greater Manchester East |2,400 |2,435 |2,520 |2,537 |2,503 |2,528 |2,404 |2,554 |2,626 |2,560 |2,642 |2,433 |2,546
Table 4
Starts with employment training training managers
September 1988-September 1989
|Sept. |Oct. |Nov. |Dec. |Jan. |Feb. |March |April |May |June |July |August|Sept.
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Inner London North |820 |1,159 |948 |712 |1,314 |1,090 |1,115 |927 |770 |1,005 |1,073 |955 |1,638
Inner London South |404 |491 |540 |454 |639 |572 |756 |675 |456 |543 |542 |469 |823
London East |268 |382 |432 |329 |488 |453 |487 |381 |339 |452 |290 |467
London North |730 |565 |602 |533 |655 |664 |848 |566 |583 |549 |544 |592 |999
London South |116 |202 |216 |179 |404 |390 |295 |360 |216 |399 |261 |216 |530
London West |165 |258 |372 |198 |302 |263 |283 |177 |187 |198 |206 |138 |307
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Birmingham and Solihull |465 |1,190 |1,237 |1,051 |1,377 |1,576 |1,437 |1,016 |1,254 |1,033 |1,461
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Central Manchester |545 |738 |899 |608 |828 |1,051 |866 |923 |770 |965 |871 |643 |937
Greater Manchester North |323 |541 |646 |523 |602 |759 |717 |616 |521 |871 |589 |569 |609
Greater Manchester East |363 |569 |660 |426 |477 |643 |800 |664 |548 |588 |516 |458 |588
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment for each of the Training Agency's areas within Greater London, Birmingham and Greater Manchester, what are the latest available statistics for employment training giving a breakdown of entrants
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which shows how many were male and female, the length of time they had been out of work, their ethnic backgrounds and whether or not they had any disabilities.Mr. Nicholls : The information is given in the table.
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Employment Training Characteristics of Entrants (September 1988 to June 1989) Greater London, Birmingham, and Manchester (all figures are percentages, figures may not total 100 because of rounding) Areas Men Women Unemployment Duration (MEthnic Origin<1> PWD<2> [NL] |0-6 |6-12 |13-23|24+ |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |Yes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manchester East |69 |31 |21 |31 |12 |36 |93 |1 |4 |2 |1 |10 |90 Manchester Central |73 |27 |19 |31 |15 |36 |84 |6 |5 |2 |3 |9 |91 Manchester North |71 |29 |23 |31 |13 |33 |92 |1 |5 |1 |1 |9 |91 Birmingham |70 |30 |16 |26 |11 |47 |63 |17 |15 |2 |3 |8 |92 North London |57 |43 |17 |32 |14 |36 |48 |26 |13 |7 |6 |10 |90 London West |56 |44 |22 |29 |14 |34 |59 |12 |18 |7 |4 |10 |91 London East |60 |41 |10 |35 |15 |40 |60 |17 |18 |3 |2 |12 |88 South London |54 |46 |18 |29 |13 |40 |67 |16 |8 |4 |4 |12 |88 Inner London North |54 |46 |18 |30 |15 |38 |49 |27 |9 |8 |6 |8 |92 Inner London South |61 |39 |12 |31 |14 |43 |43 |37 |4 |11 |5 |11 |90 <1> Ethnic origin. 1.-White. 2.-Black/African/Caribbean. 3.-Indian/Pakistan/Bangladeshi/Sri Lankan. 4.-None of these. 5.-Prefer not to say. <2> PWD-People with disabilities. Those trainees answering whether they had a long-term health problem or disability which affected the type of work they could do. ..=less than 0.5 per cent.
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment when information from the comprehensive employment training leavers survey will be available ; and when a copy will be placed in the Library.
Mr. Nicholls : First questionnaires for the 100 per cent. follow-up survey of employment training leavers were sent out on 16 October. Information will be available later in the year.
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Health and Safety Executive
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what criteria are used when setting the price to the public of Health and Safety Executive publications including the annual report ; and what has been the average profit yielded by these publications in each of the last five years.
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Mr. Nicholls : In line with Her Majesty's Treasury rules, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) operates a pricing policy which seeks to recover in full the costs of production. Information is not available for the last five years but the HSE has produced a memorandum trading account in each of the last three financial years as follows :
Year |Profit £ ------------------------ 1986-87 |306,000 1987-88 |167,000 1988-89 |150,000
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Statistics (Swindon)
Mr. Simon Coombs : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were the largest 15 categories of employment in the Swindon constituency in the last five years for which figures are available ; how many were employed in each category ; and what percentage of the total work force these represent.
Mr. Nicholls : The information is given in the table.
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The available information from the censuses of employment taken in September 1984 and September 1987 is given in the table below
Numbers and percentage of employees in employment<1> in the 15 industry classes with the largest number of employees in the Swindon
constituency
Classes of the Standard September 1984 September 1987
Industrial
Classification 1980
|Number (000s)|Per cent.<2> |Number (000s)|Per cent.<2>
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32 Mechanical engineering |<3>- |<3>- |2.1 |3.7
34 Electrical and electronic engineering |4.4 |8.0 |4.7 |8.1
35/36 Manufacture of motor vehicles and other transport equipment |<3>- |<3>- |- |-
50 Construction |2.0 |3.7 |2.6 |4.5
61 Wholesale distribution |4.7 |8.5 |3.9 |6.7
64 Retail distribution |7.2 |13.1 |7.2 |12.6
66 Hotels and catering |2.0 |3.6 |2.0 |3.6
71/72 Railways and other inland transport |1.7 |3.0 |2.2 |3.9
79 Postal services and telecommunications |2.6 |4.7 |2.5 |4.4
81 Banking and finance |1.3 |2.4 |- |-
82 Insurance except for social security |2.2 |4.1 |2.5 |4.4
83 Business services |2.7 |5.0 |3.8 |6.7
91 Public administration and defence |1.8 |3.2 |1.9 |3.2
92 Sanitary services |- |- |2.0 |3.4
93 Education |2.8 |5.0 |3.0 |5.2
95 Medical, other health and veterinary services |2.8 |5.1 |3.1 |5.4
96 Other services to the general public |- |- |2.0 |3.6
<1> Excludes the self-employed and members of Her Majesty's forces.
<2> Percentage of all industries and services total.
<3> Indicates in top 15 but figures cannot be given without disclosing confidential information relating to individual firms.
Labour Statistics
Mr. Powell : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the estimate for the number of people in work in Great Britain for March in each year since 1970.
Mr. Nicholls : Estimates of the self-employed are based on the census of population and the labour force surveys. Prior to 1971 this information was obtained from the Department of Health and Social Security's sample of national insurance cards. The current surveys of work force in employment, including the self-employed, are therefore not comparable with data before 1971.
The available information is as follows :
Workforce in employment Great Britain Seasonally adjusted ( Thousands) March --------------------- 1971 |23,944 1972 |23,935 1973 |24,505 1974 |24,507 1975 |24,509 1976 |24,286 1977 |24,285 1978 |24,368 1979 |24,699 1980 |24,824 1981 |23,966 1982 |23,435 1983 |22,999 1984 |23,568 1985 |23,923 1986 |23,959 1987 |24,219 1988 |25,159 1989 |25,687
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give for the standard regions of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom (a) the total estimated numbers of the civilian work force in employment in March 1983, in each of the years to 1989 inclusive and (b) the changes by number and percentage between March 1983 and March 1989 and March 1988 and March 1989.
Mr. Nicholls : The information requested is as follows :
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Civilian workforce in employment
(Unadjusted for seasonal variation)
Thousands
Regions March 1983March 1984March 1985March 1986March 1987March 1988March 1989Change between MarchChange between March 1988 and
[NL] |Number |Per cent.|Number
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South East |7,764 |8,002 |8,139 |8,169 |8,275 |8,616 |8,816 |1,052 |13.5 |200 |2.3
East Anglia |761 |798 |825 |823 |845 |888 |916 |155 |20.4 |28 |3.2
South West |1,685 |1,748 |1,792 |1,817 |1,864 |1,953 |2,012 |327 |19.4 |59 |3.0
West Midlands |2,104 |2,160 |2,174 |2,171 |2,199 |2,292 |2,331 |227 |10.8 |39 |1.7
East Midlands |1,560 |1,610 |1,641 |1,654 |1,669 |1,735 |1,782 |222 |14.2 |47 |2.7
Yorkshire and Humberside |1,940 |1,978 |1,999 |1,991 |2,001 |2,076 |2,085 |145 |7.5 |9 |0.4
North West |2,524 |2,552 |2,574 |2,578 |2,618 |2,707 |2,757 |233 |9.2 |50 |1.8
North |1,151 |1,161 |1,179 |1,177 |1,181 |1,226 |1,253 |102 |8.9 |27 |2.2
Wales |1,004 |1,023 |1,037 |1,040 |1,056 |1,100 |1,136 |132 |13.1 |36 |3.3
Scotland |2,054 |2,083 |2,107 |2,093 |2,077 |2,143 |2,190 |136 |6.6 |47 |2.2
Northern Ireland |564 |565 |572 |571 |571 |579 |584 |20 |3.5 |5 |0.9
United Kingdom |23,434 |24,005 |24,365 |24,405 |24,674 |25,633 |26,175 |2,741 |11.7 |542 |2.1
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give from the censuses of employment (a) the total number of employees in employment in each standard region of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the United
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Kingdom in September 1984 and 1987 and (b) the change in numbers and percentage between September 1984 and 1987 in each of the areas.Mr. Nicholls : The information is as follows :
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Employees in Employment (Unadjusted for Seasonal Variation) (Thousands).
Regions: September 1September 1Change between Sept.
84 and Sept. 87
|Number |Percentage
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South East |7,219 |7,400 |182 |2.5
East Anglia |717 |739 |22 |3.0
South West |1,553 |1,628 |76 |4.9
West Midlands |1,981 |1,989 |8 |0.4
East Midlands |1,457 |1,508 |51 |3.5
Yorkshire and Humberside |1,774 |1,783 |9 |0.5
North West |2,296 |2,345 |49 |2.1
North |1,060 |1,074 |14 |1.3
Wales |886 |924 |38 |4.3
Scotland |1,904 |1,881 |-23 |-1.2
Northern Ireland |500 |507 |7 |1.4
United Kingdom |21,346 |21,778 |432 |2.0
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give, based on the census of employment and the labour force survey for the standard regions of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom (a) the total estimated number
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of employees in employment in March 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989 and (b) the change by number and percentage between March 1983 and March 1984 and March 1988 and March 1989.Mr. Nicholls : The information is as follows :
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Employees in employment (unadjusted for seasonal variation). Thousands.
Regions March 1983March 1984March 1985March 1986March 1987March 1988March 1989Change between MarchChange between March
1983 and March 1984 1988 and March 1989
|Number |Per cent.|Number |Per cent.
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South East |7,038 |7,143 |7,211 |7,232 |7,237 |7,513 |7,659 |105 |1.5 |146 |1.9
East Anglia |668 |688 |708 |709 |715 |745 |764 |20 |3.0 |19 |2.6
South West |1,470 |1,507 |1,531 |1,547 |1,573 |1,634 |1,676 |37 |2.5 |42 |2.6
West Midlands |1,928 |1,956 |1,968 |1,963 |1,961 |2,016 |2,030 |28 |2.5 |14 |.7
East Midlands |1,405 |1,430 |1,465 |1,471 |1,467 |1,511 |1,545 |25 |1.8 |34 |2.3
Yorkshire and Humberside |1,772 |1,765 |1,762 |1,753 |1,744 |1,804 |1,792 |-7 |-.4 |-12 |-.7
North West |2,301 |2,280 |2,286 |2,288 |2,307 |2,374 |2,399 |-21 |-.9 |25 |1.1
North |1,061 |1,056 |1,065 |1,058 |1,053 |1,086 |1,090 |-5 |-.5 |4 |.4
Wales |879 |873 |880 |877 |889 |933 |955 |-6 |-7 |22 |2.4
Scotland |1,879 |1,880 |1,890 |1,868 |1,850 |1,893 |1,911 |1 |.1 |18 |1.0
Northern Ireland |494 |496 |503 |503 |503 |510 |514 |2 |.4 |4 |.8
United Kingdom |20,896 |21,076 |21,267 |21,269 |21,298 |22,019 |22,337 |180 |.9 |318 |1.4
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Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide an estimate of the economically active population in March 1979, 1983 and 1989 for each of the standard regions of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom and the changes by number and percentage between 1979 and 1983 and 1983 and 1989.
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Mr. Nicholls : Estimates for spring each year from the labour force survey are given in the table below. Estimates for 1989 are not yet available, so preliminary 1988 figures have been given instead.
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Economically active by region
1979 1983 <1>1988 Change 1979-83 Change 1983-88
|'000s |'000s |'000s |'000s |Per cent.|'000s |Per cent.
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Northern |1,429 |1,417 |1,484 |-13 |-0.9 |67 |4.8
Yorkshire and
Humberside |2,283 |2,299 |2,359 |17 |0.7 |60 |2.6
North West |3,053 |2,974 |3,108 |-79 |-2.6 |134 |4.5
East Midlands |1,784 |1,839 |1,976 |55 |3.1 |137 |7.4
West Midlands |2,484 |2,438 |2,580 |-46 |-1.8 |142 |5.8
East Anglia |878 |918 |1,027 |40 |4.6 |109 |11.8
South East |8,087 |8,272 |8,926 |185 |2.3 |653 |7.9
Greater London |3,330 |3,335 |3,423 |5 |0.1 |87 |2.6
South West |1,965 |2,027 |2,260 |63 |3.2 |232 |11.5
Wales |1,222 |1,198 |1,272 |-24 |-2.0 |74 |6.2
Scotland |2,459 |2,415 |2,449 |-44 |-1.8 |34 |1.4
Northern Ireland |613 |650 |672 |37 |6.1 |21 |3.3
United Kingdom |26,256 |26,447 |28,112 |192 |0.7 |1,665 |6.3
<1> Preliminary results (1988 only).
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was (a) the total estimated number of people in work-related Government training schemes included in the civilian work force in employment, in each of the standard regions of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom in March in
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each of the years 1983 to 1989 inclusive and (b) the change by number and percentage between March 1983 and March 1989 and March 1988 and March 1989 in each of the areas in (a) above.Mr. Nicholls : The information is as follows :
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Participants on work-related Government training schemes (Thousands).
Regions March 1983March 1984March 1985March 1986March 1987March 1988March 1989Change between MarchChange between March
1983 and March 1989 1988 and March 1989
Number |Per cent.|Number |Per cent.
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South East |0 |34 |36 |33 |38 |54 |64 |64 |n.a. |10 |18.5
East Anglia |0 |4 |5 |6 |8 |11 |12 |12 |n.a. |1 |9.1
South West |0 |13 |15 |15 |19 |27 |32 |32 |n.a. |5 |18.5
West Midlands |0 |19 |20 |21 |34 |41 |50 |50 |n.a. |9 |22.0
East Midlands |0 |16 |18 |17 |18 |26 |31 |31 |n.a. |5 |19.2
Yorkshire and Humberside |0 |18 |20 |20 |27 |39 |53 |53 |n.a. |14 |35.9
North West |0 |22 |23 |23 |35 |48 |62 |62 |n.a. |14 |29.2
North |0 |13 |13 |14 |21 |29 |47 |47 |n.a. |18 |62.1
Wales |0 |10 |11 |11 |17 |21 |31 |31 |n.a. |10 |47.6
Scotland |0 |19 |21 |22 |30 |40 |57 |57 |n.a. |17 |42.5
Northern Ireland |9 |8 |8 |8 |9 |9 |10 |1 |11.1 |1 |11.1
United Kingdom |9 |176 |190 |191 |255 |343 |448 |440 |n.a. |105 |30.6
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was (a) the total number unemployed in March 1979, 1983 and 1989 for each of the standard regions of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom and (b) the changes by number and percentages between March 1979 and 1983 and March 1983 and 1989.
Mr. Nicholls : The information is available from the Library. The following table shows, seasonally adjusted, the number of unemployed claimants along with the change and percentage change for the dates and regions requested.
Unemployed claimants-seasonally adjusted
March |1979 |1983 |1989
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England
Total |852.2 |2,198.7 |732.0
Change |- |+1,345.9|-1,466.7
Percentage change |- |+1,57.8 |-66.7
Scotland
Total |142.1 |295.1 |250.5
Change |- |+153 |-44.6
Percentage change |- |+107.8 |-15.1
Wales
Total |70.6 |153.1 |104.9
Change |- |+82.5 |-48.2
Percentage change |- |+116.9 |-31.5
Northern Ireland
Total |53.2 |104.2 |109.2
Change |- |+51.0 |-5.0
Percentage change |- |+95.9 |-4.8
United Kingdom
Total |1,118.7 |2,751.1 |1,916.6
Change |- |+1,632.4|-834.5
Percentage change |- |145.9 |-30.3
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was (a) the total of estimated number
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of self-employed in each of the standard regions of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom in March in each of the years 1983 to 1989, inclusive and (b) the change by number and percentage between March 1983 and March 1984 and March 1988 and March 1989.Mr. Nicholls : The information is as follows :
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Self-Employed (Thousands)
Regions March 1983March 1984March 1985March 1986March 1987March 1988March 1989Change between MarchChange between March
1983 and March 1984 1988 and March 1989
|Number |Per cent.|Number |Per cent.
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South East |726 |826 |892 |904 |1,000 |1,049 |1,093 |100 |13.8 |44 |4.2
East Anglia |93 |105 |113 |107 |122 |133 |140 |12 |12.9 |7 |5.3
South West |215 |228 |247 |255 |273 |292 |305 |13 |6.0 |13 |4.5
West Midlands |176 |185 |186 |187 |204 |235 |251 |9 |5.1 |16 |6.8
East Midlands |155 |164 |159 |165 |184 |198 |207 |9 |5.8 |9 |4.5
Yorkshire & Humberside |168 |195 |217 |218 |231 |233 |240 |27 |16.1 |7 |3.0
North West |223 |250 |265 |267 |276 |286 |296 |27 |12.1 |10 |3.5
North |90 |92 |101 |105 |107 |112 |116 |2 |2.2 |4 |3.6
Wales |125 |140 |146 |152 |150 |147 |150 |15 |12.0 |3 |2.0
Scotland |175 |184 |196 |204 |197 |210 |222 |9 |5.1 |12 |5.7
Northern Ireland |61 |61 |61 |60 |60 |60 |60 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0
United Kingdom |2,209 |2,428 |2,582 |2,623 |2,802 |2,954 |3,079 |219 |9.9 |125 |4.2
Mr. McLeish: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of (a) full-time male employees in employment, (b) part- time male employees in employment, (c) full-time female employees in employment, (d) part-time female employees in employment in each of the standard regions of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom in March 1983 and March 1989 and (e) the
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changes by number and percentage between March 1983 and March 1989 in each of the of the areas in (a) to (d) above.Mr. Nicholls : Information on full-time and part-time employment is not available for males in the regions or for all employees in Northern Ireland and therefore in the United Kingdom for these dates.
The available information is as follows :
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Employees in employment male/female and part/full time (unadjusted)
Thousands
Regions March 1983 March 1989 Changes between March
1983 and March 1989
|Total male |Full-time female |Part-time female |Total male |Full-time female |Part-time female |Total male number |Per cent. |Full-time female number|Per cent. |Part-time female number|Per cent.
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South East |3,989 |1,826 |1,223 |4,075 |2,205 |1,378 |86 |2.2 |379 |20.8 |155 |12.7
East Anglia |399 |146 |123 |413 |193 |158 |14 |3.5 |47 |32.2 |35 |28.5
South West |841 |338 |291 |883 |429 |364 |42 |5.0 |91 |26.9 |73 |25.1
West Midlands |1,124 |471 |334 |1,119 |519 |392 |-0.5 |-0.4 |48 |10.2 |58 |17.4
East Midlands |814 |341 |250 |833 |395 |317 |19 |2.3 |54 |15.8 |67 |26.8
Yorkshire and Humberside |1,023 |400 |350 |959 |431 |402 |-64 |-6.3 |31 |7.8 |52 |14.9
North West |1,281 |586 |434 |1,277 |637 |486 |-4 |-0.3 |51 |8.7 |52 |12.0
North |610 |251 |199 |586 |273 |231 |-24 |-3.9 |22 |8.8 |32 |16.1
Wales |512 |213 |154 |516 |245 |194 |4 |0.8 |32 |15.0 |40 |26.0
Scotland |1,055 |495 |329 |1,015 |534 |361 |-40 |-3.8 |39 |7.9 |32 |9.7
Northern Ireland |270 |- |- |269 |- |- |-1 |-0.4 |- |- |- |-
United Kingdom |1,837 |- |- |1,800 |- |- |-37 |-2.0 |- |- |- |-
Tourism
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether the English tourist board and the English regional tourism authorities, will be empowered to market their areas within the whole of the European Community from 1992 onwards.
Mr. Nicholls : Under the Development of Tourism Act 1969, the English tourist board can engage in marketing activities outside the United Kingdom on behalf of the British Tourist Authority, but not otherwise. In practice,
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the English tourist board does not engage in any marketing activity outside England. There are no plans to introduce any change to this position.The English regional tourist boards are independent, non-statutory organisations, and are therefore free to carry out marketing activities both inside and outside the United Kingdom.
Noise at Work
Mr. Flannery : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many improvement notices for each of the last 10 years have been issued against employers
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relating to the control of noise at work for each of the geographical areas of, respectively, the factory inspectorate, mines and quarries inspectorate, agricultural inspectorate, and railway inspectorate.Column 598
Mr. Nicholls : The figures cover the period 1981-89. Information in the form requested is not available for 1979 and 1980.
Improvement notices issued by Her Majesty's factory inspectorate and agricultural
inspectorate* against employers<1> where subject of
offence/requirement of notice-noise, 1981-1988/89p
Year of issue
HSE area 19811982 198319841985Q1/11986-87<1987-88<1988-89p<3>
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South West |1 |- |2 |6 |6 |2 |2 |4 |1
South |1 |- |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |-
South East |- |1 |2 |13 |14 |3 |7 |4 |2
Greater London |7 |2 |3 |18 |7 |3 |8 |10 |10
East Anglia |- |1 |- |4 |16 |- |7 |7 |7
Northern Home Counties |- |- |1 |4 |2 |- |- |- |-
East Midlands |3 |4 |4 |14 |11 |3 |4 |6 |4
West Midlands |2 |- |2 |19 |8 |2 |2 |4 |-
Wales |3 |2 |3 |1 |- |- |1 |- |-
Marches |- |- |*1 |3 |2 |1 |- |7 |1 |1
North Midlands |3 |3 |2 |- |- |- |- |1 |1
South Yorkshire and Humberside |4 |2 |6 |9 |17 |1 |6 |3 |*10|3 |*6
West and North Yorkshire |- |4 |2 |1 |6 |- |- |4 |3
Greater Manchester |2 |3 |4 |9 |4 |- |2 |2 |1
Merseyside |- |1 |5 |3 |1 |- |4 |1 |1
North West |1 |- |2 |3 |3 |1 |1 |1 |2
North East |2 |4 |4 |9 |23 |4 |4 |*1 |5 |2
Scotland East |9 |29 |16 |14 |6 |1 |8 |*1 |7 |3
Scotland West |6 |1 |3 |1 |7 |- |2 |- |5
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Total |44 |57 |*1 |65 |131|133|21 |66 |*2 |61 |*10|46 |*6
p=Provisional.
*Figures for numbers of notices issued by agricultural inspectorate are indicated by
an asterisk.
<1>Notices issued against all persons excluding employees.
<2>1st quarter (January-March).
<3>Year commencing 1 April.
Mines and quarries inspectorate and railway inspectorate issued no improvement
notices.
Mr. Flannery : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many prohibition notices have been issued against employers relating to the control of noise at work for each of the geographical areas of factory inspectorate, mines and quarries inspectorate, agricultural inspectorate and railway inspectorate.
Mr. Nicholls : The figures cover the period 1981-1989. Information in the form requested is not available for 1979 and 1980. The following prohibition notices were issued by the factory inspectorate :
1981 None
1982 None
1983 3 in Scotland West
1984 1 in South West
1 in South East
1 in Scotland East
1 in Scotland West
1985 None
Q1. 1986 1 in Scotland West
1986-87 1 in Greater London
2 in Scotland East
1987-88 1 in Scotland East
1988-89 1 in North Midlands
1 in South Yorkshire and Humberside
Notes :
1.No prohibition notices were issued for noise related offences by HSE's agricultural inspectorate, and mines and quarries inspectorate or by the railway inspectorate during the period 1981-1989.
Mr. Flannery : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many prosecutions have beeen taken against employers for each of the last 10 years relating to control of noise at work for each of the geographical areas of factory inspectorate, mines and quarries inspectorate, agricultural inspectorate, and railway inspectorate.
Mr. Nicholls : The figures cover the period 1981-1989.
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Information in the form requested is not available for 1979 and 1980The following informations were laid by the factory inspectorate in respect of noise-related offences :
1981 1 information laid in Scotland West
1982 None
1983 1 information laid in W & N Yorkshire
1984 1 information laid in W & N Yorkshire
1 information laid in Scotland West
1985 None
1986 None
1986-87 None
1987-88 1 information laid in East Anglia
1 information laid in North East
1988-89 1 information laid in S Yorkshire and Humberside 1 information laid in W & N Yorkshire
Notes :
1.No proceedings were instituted for noise related offences by HSE's agricultural inspectorate, and mines and quarries inspectorate during the period 1981-89, or by the railway inspectorate. 2.The legislation under which this action was taken has recently been strengthened by the addition of new Noise at Work Regulations (SI 1989 No. 1790) coming into force next January, reflecting the Government's commitment to controlling noise at work.
Special Employment
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was (a) the total estimated number of people in special employment and training measures in each of the standard regions of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland of the United Kingdom in March 1983 and March 1989 and (b) the change by number and percentage between March 1988 and March 1989.
Mr. Nicholls : The number of people starting special employment and training programmes in Great Britain in 1982-83 and 1988-89 is shown in the table. Figures for
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March only are not available, nor are regional analyses for 1982-83. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is responsible for similar measures there.
Thousands
Regions Change between 1987-88
and 1988-89
|1982-83 |1988-89 |Number |Per cent.
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South East |- |91 |-12 |-11
London |- |93 |+3 |+3
South West |- |66 |-14 |-18
West Midlands |- |112 |-1 |-2
East Midlands |- |101 |+2 |+2
Yorkshire and
Humberside |- |121 |+19 |+19
North West |- |167 |-12 |+8
Northern |- |87 |-14 |-20
England<1> |442 |978 |-122 |-12
Scotland |71 |136 |-10 |-7
Wales |40 |85 |-4 |-4
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Great Britain Totals<1> |565 |1,262 |-140 |-10
<1> Columns may not sum to the England and Great Britain totals because
of rounding and because several schemes have been included in the England
and Great Britain totals which could not be shown by region.
Wages Councils
Mrs. Mahon : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the evidence on which he based his assertions in the wages councils 1988 consultative document that the decline in youth unemployment is a direct result of young persons' removal from wages councils remit in 1986.
Mr. Nicholls : There were indications from employers that their freedom to offer jobs at rates they could afford had resulted in the engagement of young people who would not otherwise have been recruited. It follows that this has contributed to the decrease in youth unemployment.
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