§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people under 20 years of age were unemployed in the United Kingdom at the latest available date.
§ Mr. AlisonAt October 1982, the latest date for which an analysis by age is available, the number of young people under 20 years of age registered as unemployed—the old basis of the unemployment count—in the United Kingdom was 655,295.
§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people in (a) the Yorkshire and Humberside region, (b) West Yorkshire, (c) Kirklees and (d) the Huddersfield employment office area have been unemployed for more than 12 months; and how many of these are aged under 20 years, 20 to 25 years, 25 to 30 years, 30 to 40 years, 40 to 50 years, 50 to 60 years and over 60 years, respectively.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following is the information at October 1982, the latest date for which an analysis by age and duration of unemployment is available. The figures relate to registered unemployed—the old basis of the count—and are for the age ranges nearest to those specified.
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Unemployed over 52 weeks aged under 20 aged 20–24 aged 25–29 aged 30–34 aged 35–44 aged 45–49 aged 50–59 aged 60 and over total all ages Yorkshire and Humberside Region 10,044 19,876 12,811 10,200 14,788 7,466 20,955 14,850 110,990 West Yorkshire Metropolitan County 3,918 8,137 5,615 4,544 6,552 3,384 8,795 4,806 45,751 Kirklees Metropolitan District* 608 1,363 903 747 1,075 530 1,561 873 7,660 Huddersfield jobcentre area 367 729 466 368 543 262 856 527 4,118 * Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Batley and Spen Valley jobcentre areas.
§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the unemployment figures for the county of Cumbria, categorised by sex, age and the duration of unemployment, for the last month for which statistics are available.
Males Females Duration in weeks Under 25 25–54 55 and over All ages Under 25 25–54 55 and over Alt ages 2 or less 346 345 105 796 321 193 11 525 Over 2 and up to 4 weeks 336 373 79 788 312 193 13 518 Over 4 and up to 8 weeks 815 563 160 1,538 753 359 32 1,144 Over 8 and up to 13 weeks 586 569 201 1,356 497 326 26 849 Over 13 and up to 26 weeks 1,095 979 430 2,504 982 719 50 1,751 Over 26 and up to 52 weeks 892 1,169 564 2,625 773 854 81 1,708 Over 52 and up to 104 weeks 972 1,539 1,128 3,639 578 709 130 1,417 Over 104 and up to 156 weeks 338 786 338 1,462 177 206 67 450 Over 156 weeks 91 516 348 955 59 168 85 312 Total 5,471 6,839 3,353 15,663 4,452 3,727 495 8,674
§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of persons unemployed, the percentage rate of unemployment, and the total number of vacancies for (a) the Workington travel-to-work area and (b) Cumbria at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. AlisonI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.