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Mr. Campbell-Savours
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs in total are supported by the temporary short-time working compensation scheme for (a) each of the travel-to-work areas that comprise the county of Cumbria, (b) the Northern region and (c) the North-West region for the last month for which statistics are available.
Mr. Alison
The following table shows the figures requested:
March 1982 | |
Area | Number of potentially redundant jobs covered in applications that were current in March 1982 |
Furness travel-to-work area | Nil |
Kendal travel-to-work area | Nil |
Whitehaven travel-to-work area | 11 |
Workington travel-to-work area | 193 |
Carlisle employment office area | 71 |
Keswick employment office area | Nil |
Penrith employment office area | Nil |
Northern region | 2,012 |
North-West region | 10,908 |
Percentage increase | |
1981–82 | |
January-January | 26·9 |
April-April | 19·1 |
The April to April comparisons can be affected by variations between one year and another in the date of Easter, which affects the number of school-leavers