§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number unemployed and he unemployment rate for (a) registered disabled people and (b) all unemployed people for England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and each English region for the last date of which figures are available.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the numbers unemployed and the percentage rates of unemployment for registered disabled persons in England, Scotland, Wales and each English region at 11 December 1980 were as follows: 39W
Number Percentage rate England 58,651 14.8 Scotland 6,029 13.8 Wales 3,980 13.3 English Regions South-West 14,861 12.5 East Anglia 2,319 17.2 South-West 5,413 15.0 West Midlands 7,307 15.1 East Midlands 4,166 13.4 Yorkshire and Humberside 6,547 14.1 North-West 12,749 18.2 North 5,289 16.5 The corresponding number for Northern Ireland was 1,958 but a percentage rate is not calculated.
The figures for all registered unemployed people at 11 December 1980 were as follows:
Number Percentage rate England 1,750,707 8.6 Scotland 261,767 11.6 Wales 138,003 12.7 Northern Ireland 93,752 16.3 English Regions South-East 469,723 6.2 East Anglia 53,513 7.4 South-West 142,889 8.6 West Midlands 243,709 10.4 East Midlands 133,630 8.3 Yorkshire and Humberside 208,879 9.9
May 1979 December 1980 Travel-to-work area Number Percentage Number Percentage Barnard Castle (Barnard Castle employment office area) 274 6.2 362 7.9 Central Durham (Crook, Durham and Spennymoor employment office areas) 4,176 6.3 7,898 11.4 Consett (Consett and Stanley employment office areas) 3,283 10.5 7,096 22.4 Darlington and South-West Durham (Bishop Auckland, Darlington and Newton Aycliffe employment office areas) 4,940 6.1 9,315 11.3 Peterlee (Peterlee and Wingate employment office areas) 2,643 9.9 3,634 13.3 The figures are not adjusted for seasonal influences, which normally lead to unemployment being higher in December than in May.