§ 22. Mr. Moateasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest figures of male unemployed over the age of 60 years who have been continuously unemployed for over six months.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 10th January, the latest date for which information is available, the number of wholly unemployed males aged 60 years and over in Great Britain who had been registered for more than 26 weeks was 68,797.
§ 49. Mr. Loveridgeasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will instruct his Department to prepare records to show the number of persons registered as unemployed who are not prepared to accept jobs available.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithWhere claimants to benefit or those seeking credits of national insurance contributions refuse offers of suitable employment, reports are44W made to independent statutory authorities. Last year 20,318 cases were so referred, of which 16,221 were disqualified.
§ Mr. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing in percentage terms how many registered unemployed are in the age groups 35 to 45 years, 45 years to 55 years, and 55 years to 65 years.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the available information for 10th January, the latest date for which a detailed age analysis is available:
AGE ANALYSIS OF THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED IN GREAT BRITAIN AT 10TH JANUARY, 1972 Number Percentage of total Up to 34 years 454,599 49.2 35 to 44 years 137,873 14.9 45 to 54 years 134,362 14.5 55 years and over* 197,683 21.4 Total, all ages 924,517 100.0 * The analysis does not separately identify the number of women aged 65 and over.
§ Mr. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will indicate which age group of registered unemployed remain unemployed for the longest period; and how long this period is.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe numbers of people registered as wholly unemployed are analysed according to the length of their current period of registration and the analysis identifies as a single group those registered for more than 52 weeks. At 10th January, the latest date for which a detailed age analysis is available, out of 129,961 males in Great Britain who had been registered for more than 52 weeks, 43,988 were 60–64 years of age. Out of 12,012 females registered for more than 52 weeks, 3,474 were in the 55–59 age range.
§ Mr. Alan Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers over 50 years of age and how many school-leavers were unemployed in each economic planning region in May in each of the years since 1968.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe unemployed register is analysed by age groups only twice a year, in January and July. The following table gives a regional analysis 45W of the numbers of registered wholly unemployed workers aged 50 years and over for each January and July since 1968,
NUMBERS OF WORKERS AGED 50 AND OVER REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED BY REGION 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 January July January July January July January July January South East … … 44,912 40,136 46,257 40,025 47,589 43,130 50,793 49,988 60,192 East Anglia … … 5,323 4,438 5,412 4,557 5,696 4,877 6,495 6,705 8,224 South West … 15,011 12,402 15,918 13,835 16,629 14,315 17,619 15,838 20,804 West Midlands … 12,752 12,911 14,060 13,339 14,534 14,506 17,062 19,146 23,435 East Midlands … 8,321 8,460 10,318 9,909 10,924 11,652 13,060 14,117 15,790 Yorkshire and Humberside 14,106 14,850 17,534 15,938 18,846 18,433 20,963 22,655 25,982 North West … 22,575 21,087 23,400 21,037 23,217 23,359 26,854 28,992 35,666 North … … 16,524 18,769 22,611 21,186 22,467 20,939 22,093 21,484 24,997 Wales … … 11,980 10,973 12,776 11,659 12,883 11,637 12,922 12,759 14,843 Scotland … … 23,756 21,426 24,051 21,298 24,520 23,316 27,471 28,117 32,076 Great Britain … 175,260 165,452 192,337 172,783 197,305 186,164 215,332 219,801 262,009
NUMBERS OF SCHOOL LEAVERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED May, 1968 May, 1969 May, 1970 May, 1971 May, 1972 South East … … … … 615 530 545 945 905 East Anglia … … … … 102 73 70 154 168 South West … … … 141 146 147 198 258 West Midlands … … … 433 159 191 443 901 East Midlands … … … 180 129 190 300 400 Yorkshire and Humberside … 504 412 410 830 1,205 North West … … … 439 307 356 1,010 1,741 North … … … … 645 650 677 1,118 1,806 Wales … … … … 527 427 375 679 857 Scotland … … … … 443 393 458 847 1,811 Great Britain … … … 4,029 3,226 3,419 6,524 10,052
§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the percentage increase in the number of men registered as wholly unemployed in Scotland between May, 1970, and May, 1972.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithBetween May, 1970, and May, 1972, the number of males registered as wholly unemployed in Scotland increased by 53.3 per cent.
§ Mr. Moateasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest figures, in numbers and as percentages of total unemployment, for persons aged over 60 years and 62 years, respectively.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 10th January, 924,517 people were registered as wholly unemployed in Great Britain of whom 124,260—13.4 per cent.—were 60 years of age and over. The statistics do not separately identify those over 62 years of age.