§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have (a) joined and (b) left the unemployment register each month for the past two years in (i) the Northern region, (ii) the Durham county council area and (iii) the Bishop Auckland constituency.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe information is contained in the following tables:
(i) The Northern Region Month Registrations 'On' Registrations 'Off' 1979 June 39,792 42,852 July 39,382 31,958 August 30,746 32,216 September 42,316 38,454 October 34,034 37,565 November 32,700 31,145 December 30,430 28,510 1980 January 30,786 22,648 February 40,861 38,547 March 30,746 30,319 April 30,428 25,647 May 30,125 33,880 June 38,970 39,260 July 40,177 28,651 August 39,685 35,049 September 36,425 28,051 October 35,647 35,767 November 41,377 33,336 December 36,536 33,162 1981 January 31,320 20,253 February 28,400 25,754 March 24,590 24,000 April 26,975 26,429 May 23,622 28,840 193W
(ii) The Durham County Council Area Month Registrations 'On' Registrations 'Off' 1979 June 7,561 7,597 July 7,205 6,074 August 5,102 5,238 September 7,492 7,090 October 5,573 6,411 November 5,776 5,627 December 5,794 4,990 1980 January 5,020 4,000 February 7,075 6,607 March 5,570 5,413 April 5,297 4,608 May 5,451 6,396 June 6,766 6,242 July 6,988 4,889 August 8,032 5,499 September 7,566 4,742 October 6,711 6,742 November 8,121 6,435 December 6,990 5,300
Month Registrations 'On' Registrations 'Off' 1981 January 5,873 3,976 February 5,572 5,078 March 4,589 4,989 April 5,338 6,622 May 5,355 5,955
(iii) The Bishop Auckland Constituency Month Registrations 'On' Registrations 'Off' 1979 June 1,359 1,031 July 1,368 1,047 August 988 1,161 September 1,312 1,536 October 938 1,051 November 1,086 991 December 936 1,012 1980 January 878 611 February 1,090 1,070 March 881 965 April 848 799 May 874 1,001 June 1,062 1,016 July 1,185 757 August 1,165 981 September 1,032 777 October 1,184 1,026 November 1,410 1,005 December 1,014 654 1981 January 975 586 February 907 781 March 783 744 April 782 745 May 910 918