§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the figures of unemployed persons in Yorkshire and Humberside during 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982, respectively, stating the figures separately for men, women, young persons and those unemployed for over 12 months.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following table gives the information for registered unemployed (the old basis of the count) at October in each of the years specified. It also give the available information for unemployed claimants (the new basis of the count) at the same dates.
the period between first quarter of 1974 and the first quarter of 1979, (b) the period between the second quarter of 1979 and the fourth quarter of 1980 and (c) the period between the first quarter of 1981 and the latest quarter of 1982 for which figures are available.
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§ Mr. GummerThe following table sets out the available information on changes in average earnings in manufacturing industry and on changes in consumer prices with which changes in earnings may be compared.
Percentage Increases 1974, first quarter to 1979, first quarter 1979, second quarter to 1980, fourth quarter 1981, first quarter to 1982, third quarter Wages per head* Consumer prices (all items) Wages per head* Consumer prices (all items) Wages per head* Consumer prices (all items) United Kingdom †127 **106 †24 **26 †18 **15 Federal German Republic 43 23 8 8 9 8 France ‡101 64 ‡23 21 ‡25 19 Belgium ║79 50 ║15 11 ║11 13 Italy ‡169 ††118 ‡37 ††33 ‡30 ††25 Netherlands ‡53 41 ‡6 10 ‡9 10 Greece 184 88 37 38 ⋆●● ⋆●● Denmark ¶86 ‡‡53 ¶17 ‡‡14 ¶15 ‡‡16 Irish Republic 136 101 36 28 #●● #●● United States of America ●53 ║║46 ●15 ║║20 ●10 ║║11 Canada 75 ¶¶55 17 16 18 17 Japan ▀73 ●●48 ▀10 ●●11 ▀9 ●●5 Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators. * All figures relate to changes in hourly earnings of manual workers in manufacturing, unless otherwise indicated. † Weekly earnings of all employees. ‡ Hourly wage rates. ║ Including mining and transport. ¶ Including mining. ● Production workers. ▀ Monthly earnings. ⋆ The changes from first quarter, 1981 to second quarter, 1982 were 43 per cent. for wages per head and 29 per cent. for consumer prices. # The changes from first quarter 1981, to second quarter, 1982, were 14 per cent. for wages per head and 19 per cent. for consumer prices. ** Source: Economic Trends Annual Supplement 1983 Edition. HMSO. †† For households of wage and salary earners. ‡‡ Excluding indirect taxes. From 1980 excluding heating, energy and motor vehicle fuels and lubricants. ║║ For wage and salary earners only. ¶¶ New weighting pattern in October 1978. ●● Including imputed rent.