HC Deb 01 April 1981 vol 2 cc113-5W
Mrs Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many employees there were in employment in manufacturing industries in (a) the Wolverhampton travel-to-work area, (b) the Wolverhampton employment office area and (c) the West Midlands in 1971, 1976 and at the latest available date.

Mr. Peter Morrison

The information is as follows:

Wolverhampton travel-to-work area, (b) the Wolverhampton employment office area and (c) the West Midlands in 1971, 1976 and at the latest convenient date.

Mr. Peter Morrison

The information is as follows:

estimated to be only about one-third of all vacancies in the country as a whole and because of possible duplication between the separate figures for employment offices and careers offices, which prevents the two series being added together, the figures cannot be used to provide the ratios requested.

The following table gives the unemployment and vacancy figures for the areas specified at May 1979 and March 1981. The figures are not adjusted for seasonal variations.

Mr. Peter Morrison

At March 1981, the provisional rate of unemployment in the Wolverhampton travel-to-work area was 13.3 per cent compared with 5.8 per cent. at March 1979.

Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons aged under 25 years were registered as unemployed in (a) the Wolverhampton travel-to-work area and (b) the Wolverhampton city employment office area at May 1979, January 1980 and the latest convenient date; what was the percentage change between each date; and what proportion these totals formed of the total numbers registered as unemployed in these areas.

Mr. Peter Morrison

Age analyses of the numbers registered as unemployed are made quarterly in January, April, July and October. The following table gives the information at April 1979, January 1980 and January 1981 for the areas specified. The figures include school leavers and are not adjusted for seasonal variations.

Unemployed aged under 25 years
Number Percentage change As a percentage of all unemployed in the area
Wolverhampton travel-to-work area
April 1979 3,039 +39.1 37.7
January 1980 4,228.1 +69.0 39.5
January 1981 7,146 38.1
Wolverhampton employment office area
April 1979 2,552 +40.5 39.7
January 1980 3,586 +67.0 43.0
January 1981 5,988 41.6