§ Mr. Beithasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many members of each of the main minority racial groups were registered as unemployed at area offices and at employment offices in February 1976; and what proportion they constituted of the total registered at each type of office.
§ Mr. John FraserThe attached table shows the numbers unemployed in the main minority racial groups at 12th February 1976 in the areas of the Employment Services Agency. It is not practicable to provide information for each individual office from which the information in the table is derived, which are approximately 800 in number.
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ANALYSIS OF UNEMPLOYED REGISTRANTS (EXCLUDING TEMPORARY STOPPED WORKERS AND ADULT STUDENTS) WHO WERE BORN IN OR WHOSE PARENTS WERE BORN IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND PAKISTAN AS AT 12TH FEBRUARY 1976 EMPLOYMENT SERVICE AGENCY AREAS London South London North West London North East Eastern Southern South East Western South West West Midlands East Midlands East Africa Unemployed … … 639 1,702 692 98 346 57 54 10 1,095 1,868 Percentage of Total Unemployed … … 115 3.63 1.40 0.14 0.49 0.11 * * 0.96 2.04 Other African Countries Unemployed … … 668 668 642 28 56 24 29 5 316 104 Percentage of Total Unemployed … … 1.20 1.42 1.30 * * * * * 0.29 011 West Indies Unemployed … … 4,058 2,261 2,666 153 747 39 480 4 4,111 725 Percentage of Total Unemployed … … 7.28 4.82 5.41 0.22 1.07 * 0.82 * 3.61 0.79 India Unemployed … … 431 1,669 698 120 532 220 165 3 3,567 1,349 Percentage of Total Unemployed … … 0.77 3.56 1.42 0.17 0.76 0.43 0.29 * 3.13 1.47 Pakistan Unemployed … … 185 323 398 184 429 69 98 — 1,758 389 Percentage of Total Unemployed … … 0.33 0.69 0.81 0.26 0.61 013 0.17 * 1.54 0.42 Bangladesh Unemployed … … 34 45 275 32 115 6 26 — 489 37 Percentage of Total Unemployed … … * 010 0.56 * 016 * * * 0.43 * Others Unemployed … … 475 658 337 67 83 59 66 14 298 125 Percentage of Total Unemployed … … 0.85 1.40 0.69 010 0.12 012 0.11 * 0.26 014 Total Ethnic Minorities … … 6,490 7,326 5,708 682 2,308 474 918 36 11,634 4,597 Percentage of Total Unemployed … … 11.65 15.62 11.58 0.98 3.29 0.93 1.57 * 10.21 501 Total Unemployed … … 55,713 46,897 49,287 69,866 70,059 51,135 58,294 60,984 113,956 91,761 146W
Eat Pennine Merseyside North West Manchester North East Wales Scotland West Scotland North and East Total Great Britain East Africa Unemployed … … … 158 57 161 176 32 26 7 16 7,194 Percentage of Total Unemployed … … … 0.20 * 0.40 0.27 * * * * 0.57 Other African Countries Unemployed … … … 82 100 72 117 10 10 10 14 2,955 Percentage of Total Unemployed … … … 010 011 0.18 018 * * * * 0.24 West Indies Unemployed … … … 511 110 37 560 22 42 3 5 16,534 Percentage of Total Unemployed … … … 0.64 0.12 * 0.85 * * * * 1.32 India Unemployed … … … 587 46 479 329 57 27 68 18 10,365 Percentage of Total Unemployed … … … 0.73 * 119 0.50 * * * * 0.83 Pakistan Unemployed … … … 1,079 39 410 466 85 51 83 12 6,058 Percentage of Total Unemployed … … … 1.34 * 101 0.71 010 * * * 0.48 Bangladesh Unemployed … … … 101 5 28 83 8 8 5 1 1,298 Percentage of Total Unemployed … … … 0.13 * * 0.13 * * * * 0'10 Others Unemployed … … … 88 70 21 72 21 51 27 6 2,538 Percentage of Total Unemployed … … … 0.11 * * 0.11 * * * * 0.20 Total Ethnic Minorities … … … 2,606 427 1,208 1,803 235 215 203 72 46,942 Percentage of Total Unemployed … … … 3.24 0.46 2.97 2.75 0.29 0.28 0.23 0.12 3.75 Total Unemployed … … … 80,464 93,808 40,614 65,611 82,061 76,130 87,853 58,934 1,253,427 *Where percentage of total unemployed is below 0.10 it is not shown.