§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what are the comparative figures per thousand civilian working population between Wolverhampton and (a) the West Midlands and (b) the South-East of people unemployed for more than a year at the latest convenient date;
(2) what are the comparative figures per thousand civilian working population between Wolverhampton and (a) the West Midlands and (b) the South-East of total registered unemployed at the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe latest information available for the total numbers unemployed relates to 9 April and for unemployed for more than a year to 15 January. In the following table the figures are expressed per one thousand of the total numbers of employees, employed and unemployed, in the respective areas. The April figures are provisional.
Total unemployed per 1,000 employees 9 April 1981 Unemployed over 52 weeks per 1,000 employees 15 January 1981 Wolverhampton travel-to work area 137 26 West Midlands 123 21 South East 72 9
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment what have been the numbers of unemployed in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands on a monthly basis from March 1970 to March 1981.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following table gives the numbers registered as unemployed at March each year from 1970 to 1981 in the Wolverhampton employment office area and the West Midlands region.
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March each year Wolverhampton employment office area West Midlands Region 1970 2,562 44,321 1971 3,407 56,362 1972 6,137 90,009 1973 3,499 58,017 1974 2,718 48,447 1975 3,745 67,744 1976 7,431 127,840 1977 5,798 122,985
March each year Wolverhampton employment office area West Midlands Region 1978 6,746 123,707 1979 6,747 122,882 1980 7,990 136,908 1981 (Provisional) 14,818 278,700