§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give an analysis of the unemployed in the Walthamstow, Leyton area according to the Standard Industrial Classification.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following table gives for May 1982, the last date for which an industrial analysis was made, the numbers of people registered as unemployed in the Walthamstow employment office area, which includes Leyton, analysed by orders of the 1968 Standard Industrial Classification. The information relates to the industries in which the unemployed persons last worked.
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Standard Industrial Classification, 1968 Agriculture, forestry, fishing 7 Mining and quarrying 1 Food, drink and tobacco 115 Coal and petroleum products 7 Chemicals and allied industries 71 Metal manufacture 31 Mechanical engineering 98 Instrument engineering 20 Electrical engineering 190 Shipbuilding and marine engineering 2 Vehicles 23 Metal goods not elsewhere specified 171 Textiles 48 Leather, leather goods and fur 31 Clothing and footwear 204 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 22
Standard Industrial Classification, 1968 Timber, furniture, etc. 305 Paper, printing and publishing 117 Other manufacturing industries 243 Construction 562 Gas, electricity and water 31 Transport and communication 232 Distributive trades 555 Insurance, banking, finance and business services 159 Professional and scientific services 136 Miscellaneous services 424 Public administration and defence 183 Not classified by industry (including school leavers) 1,405 Total 5,393
§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the increase and the percentage increase in unemployment for each year since 1979 for each country in the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following table gives the information requested:
Increases in total unemployment: EC countries Change over year to September 1980 1981 1982 West Germany: Number (thousand) +86 +434 +564 Percentage +11.6 +52.7 +44.9 France: Number (thousand) +95 +393 +187 Percentage +6.7 +25.9 +9.8 Italy: Number (thousand) +149 +223 +348 Percentage +9.1 +12.5 +17.3 Netherlands: Number (thousand) +57 +144 +166 Percentage +26.6 +53.5 +40.3 Belgium: Number (thousand) +46 +94 +81 Percentage +12.0 +22.0 +15.5 Luxembourg: Number (thousand) +0.1 +1.0 +0.4 Percentage +5.6 +56.0 +23.7 United Kingdom: Number (thousand) +645 +959 +344 Percentage +46.3 +47.0 +11.5 Ireland: Number (thousand) +23 +22 +33 Percentage +27.8 +20.5 +25.8 Denmark: Number (thousand) +48 +44 +26 Percentage +40.6 +26.3 +12.3 Greece: Number (thousand) na na +10 Percentage +47.2 na—not available.
Source: Calculated from publications of the Statistical Office of the European Communities.
§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons have been unemployed for longer than (a) six months and (b) 12 months in the 125W United Kingdom, and in the Bishop Auckland constituency; and if he will give the corresponding figures for May 1979, October 1980 and October 1981, the increase each year in percentage terms and the total increase in percentage terms between May 1979 and the present time.
§ Mr. AlisonI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.