§ 40. Mr. Hayhoeasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the latest available figures and percentages for unemployment available to him from international sources for the individual member States of the EEC and for Austria, Sweden, Japan and the United States of America, together with figures indicating the changes during the last month, quarter and year.
§ Mr. John FraserThe latest available numbers and percentage rates of the unemployed for the specified countries and figures indicating the changes during the last month, quarter and year are given below. The figures are not strictly comparable owing to different national concepts and practices in measuring unemployment.
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§ Mr. Peter Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will give the numbers unemployed and the number of registered vacancies for January 1974, January 1975 and January
NUMBERS UNEMPLOYED January 1974 February 1975* January 1976 Birmingham … 17,608 22,801 51,669 Liverpool … 39,653 47,669 72,576 Glasgow … 29,674 30,571 43,934 Inner London … 33,328 42,754 82,475
UNFILLED VACANCIES January 1974 March 1975* January 1976 Employment Offices Careers Offices Employment Offices Careers Offices Employment Offices Careers Offices Birmingham … 7,964 3,879 2,682 1,419 984 294 Liverpool … 4,374 1,229 2,827 290 1,751 176 Glasgow … 4,665 1,722 5,213 742 3,399 321 Inner London … 34,943 9,286 23,571 5,415 9,482 2,129 * Because of industrial action at local offices of the Employment Service Agency unemployment and vacancy statistics are not available for January 1975 and vacancy statistics are not available for February 1975. The information given is for the following employment office areas:
Birmingham: Aston, Birmingham, Bromsgrove, Chelmesley Wood, Handsworth, Selly Oak, Small Heath, Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Washwood Heath.
Liverpool: Bebington, Birkenhead, Bootle, Crosby, Ellesmere Port, Garston, Hoylake, Kirkby, Liverpool, Neston, Old Swan, Prescot, Regent Road, Wallasey, Walton.
Glasgow: Glasgow Commercial Office, Glasgow (South Side), Barrhead, Bridgeton, Cambuslang, Clydebank, Easterhouse, Govan, Millington, Kinning Park, Kirkintilloch, Maryhill, Parkhead, Partick, Rutherglen, Springburn.
Inner London: Bermondsey, Borough, Brixton, Camberwell, Camden Town, City, Clapham Junction, Deptford and Greenwich, Fulham, Hackney, Hammersmith, Holloway, Kings Cross, Lewisham, Poplar, Shoreditch, St. Marylebone, Stepney, Stratford, Tooting, Westminster, Willesden, Woolwich.
The vacancy figures relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to be a measure of total vacancies.
Vacancies notified to employment offices include some that are suitable for young persons and those notified to careers offices include some that are suitable for adults. Because of possible duplication, the two series should not be added together.
§ Mrs. Winifred Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many of the 15 to 25 year age group are un-
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§ Mr. John FraserFollowing is the information available:
employed in Scotland, Wales and England, respectively; and, in each case, what percentage has been unemployed for periods of one year, two years, and more.
§ Mr. John FraserThe following table shows the information available at January 1976:
Numbers unemployed aged 16–24 years Percentage registered for more than 52 weeks Scotland 59,658* 4.4 Wales 28,901 6.2 England 364,939 4.9 *The analysis does not distinguish separately those registered for specific periods in excess of 52 weeks. The figures do not include adult students. Young people reaching the age of 16 can leave school at Christmas in Scotland; this is not the case in England and Wales. The unemployment figures for Scotland shown above therefore include 9,987 school leavers; the comparable figure for December 1975 was 2,868.