§ Mr. Randallasked the Minister of Labour (1) if he will give the number of unemployed in the Gateshead employment area and for the same period 12 months ago, the number of males and females unemployed at the same date, the age groups of those unemployed, and the number of weeks during which each of the various grades has been unemployed;
(2) how many persons, male and female, and persons under 18 years of age, male and female, respectively, were registered as unemployed at the February, 1964, count in Gateshead employment area; what were the comparable figures for 1961, 1962 and 1963; what was the percentage increase or decrease between the years 1961 and 1962, 1962 and 1963, and 1963 and 1964; and what was the number of unfilled vacancies at the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. WhitelawThere were on 5th February, 295 unfilled vacancies notified to the Gateshead and Felling employment Exchanges.
The following tables contain the rest of the information requested at the latest dates for which it is available.
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TOTAL UNEMPLOYED (INCLUDING TEMPORARILY STOPPED) IN THE EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AREAS OF GATESHEAD AND FELLING — Men Boys Women Girls Total 10th February, 1964 1,989 137 389 26 2,541 11th February, 1963 3,571 271 401 75 4,318 12th February, 1962 1,665 122 279 17 2,083 13th February, 1961 1,383 24 295 12 1,714 Percentage change between 1961 and 1962 +20 +408 -5 +41 +22 Percentage change between 1962 and 1963 +115 +122 +44 +341 +107 Percentage change between 1963 and 1964 -44 -49 -3 -65 -41
GATESHEAD AND FELLING UNEMPLOYMENT ON 13TH JANUARY, 1964 (These figures do not include the temporarily stopped) Duration of Unemployment in weeks Males Aged under 18 18–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65 and over Total 18 and over One or less 12 9 26 34 13 17 12 2 5 5 7 — 142 Over 1 and up to 2 11 8 14 19 10 15 10 4 12 3 3 — 109 Over 2 and up to 3 18 8 16 12 11 2 6 1 3 2 3 — 82 Over 3 and up to 4 11 6 19 7 11 10 8 4 7 7 4 3 97 Over 4 and up to 5 9 5 10 13 5 4 9 5 5 5 — — 70 Over 5 and up to 6 6 5 14 13 11 13 5 4 6 9 3 — 89 Over 6 and up to 7 4 1 11 12 9 12 10 12 9 12 6 1 99 Over 7 and up to 8 1 7 11 7 8 6 13 5 3 3 3 — 67 Over 8 and up to 9 2 4 5 12 7 7 5 3 5 5 2 — 57 Over 9 and up to 13 14 11 27 20 29 32 27 16 15 15 18 — 224 Over 13 and up to 26 50 13 39 36 45 43 36 24 28 44 30 1 389 Over 26 and up to 39 9 11 9 14 24 20 16 16 12 17 21 — 169 Over 39 and up to 52 5 3 6 9 12 20 15 11 11 13 15 1 121 Over 52 10 8 23 22 46 63 55 61 65 63 104 — 520 Total 162 99 230 230 241 264 227 168 186 203 219 6 2,235 118W119W
Duration of Unemployment in weeks Females Aged under 18 18–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60 and over — Total 18 and over One or less 12 7 14 6 5 4 2 6 — 1 — — 57 Over 1 and up to 2 5 9 7 1 2 — 2 1 1 2 — — 30 Over 2 and up to 3 1 2 3 3 2 3 — 4 1 — 1 — 20 Over 3 and up to 4 4 1 4 1 — 2 — 1 1 — — — 14 Over 4 and up to 5 — — 1 2 1 2 — — — 3 — — 9 Over 5 and up to 6 1 2 7 2 3 1 3 1 4 3 — — 27 Over 6 and up to 7 — 1 4 2 — — 1 — 1 — — — 9 Over 7 and up to 8 — — 1 3 — 2 — — 2 — — — 8 Over 8 and up to 9 — — 1 2 — 3 2 1 1 3 — — 13 Over 9 and up to 13 2 5 7 6 3 2 3 4 8 1 1 — 42 Over 13 and up to 26 2 4 14 7 3 4 13 5 11 12 — — 75 Over 26 and up to 39 — 1 3 2 2 3 4 4 6 6 1 — 32 Over 39 and up to 52 — — 5 1 1 1 1 7 5 1 — — 22 Over 52 1 1 3 2 3 3 9 8 6 14 — — 50 TOTAL FEMALES 28 33 74 40 25 30 40 42 47 46 3 — 408 TOTAL MALES 162 99 230 230 241 264 227 168 186 203 219 6 2,235 GRAND TOTAL 190 132 304 270 266 294 267 210 233 249 222 6 2,643
UNEMPLOYMENT ON 14TH JANUARY, 1963 (These figures do not include the temporarily stopped) Duration of Unemployment in weeks Males Aged under 18 18–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65 and over Total 18 and over One or less 22 13 25 29 23 22 18 14 10 7 4 — 187 Over 1 and up to 2 16 8 29 21 19 23 12 9 11 3 10 1 162 Over 2 and up to 3 8 8 31 22 17 21 23 8 3 6 3 — 150 Over 3 and up to 4 121 10 22 16 14 14 4 8 8 7 6 — 230 Over 4 and up to 5 17 5 17 18 12 13 9 5 9 2 1 — 108 Over 5 and up to 6 6 5 24 20 9 13 12 4 13 6 4 1 117 Over 6 and up to 7 6 2 16 11 14 11 12 8 1 5 5 2 93 Over 7 and up to 8 3 8 14 15 12 18 19 12 7 5 3 — 116 Over 8 and up to 9 2 4 13 17 6 10 6 4 4 5 2 — 73 Over 9 and up to 13 22 19 35 36 27 47 28 21 29 19 20 1 304 Over 13 and up to 26 38 27 70 45 70 72 60 35 27 36 26 — 506 Over 26 and up to 39 7 7 16 22 28 40 32 15 18 20 21 — 226 Over 39 and up to 52 — 1 6 11 17 37 13 17 11 10 21 — 144 Over 52 2 3 14 17 45 44 41 38 47 69 72 1 393 Total 270 120 332 300 313 385 289 98 198 200 198 6 2,809
Duration of Unemployment in weeks Females Aged under 18 18–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60 and over — Total 18 and over One or less 11 7 6 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 — — 46 Over 1 and up to 2 4 6 9 4 1 2 3 2 4 — — — 35 Over 2 and up to 3 7 1 6 6 — 2 2 3 4 1 — — 32 Over 3 and up to 4 59 1 3 — — 1 1 — — — — — 65 Over 4 and up to 5 2 3 4 — 1 1 2 — 1 2 — — 16 Over 5 and up to 6 1 1 5 1 2 — — — — 1 — — 11 Over 6 and up to 7 1 3 5 1 — — 4 1 2 1 — — 18 Over 7 and up to 8 1 6 5 — — 2 2 1 3 2 — — 22 Over 8 and up to 9 4 3 6 2 1 — — — — 3 1 — 20 Over 9 and up to 13 1 6 11 8 4 1 7 7 5 5 1 — 56 Over 13 and up to 26 3 3 12 7 9 5 5 5 9 5 1 — 64 Over 26 and up to 39 1 3 2 2 2 4 2 7 3 6 — — 32 Over 39 and up to 52 — — 1 — 1 2 3 2 1 3 — — 13 Over 52 — 1 1 2 2 2 4 5 5 9 — — 31 Total Females 95 44 76 37 27 26 37 36 40 40 3 — 461 Total Males 270 120 332 300 313 385 289 98 198 200 198 6 2,809 Grand Total 365 164 408 337 340 411 326 234 338 240 201 6 3,270