§ Mr. Fatchettasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report at the latest available date male unemployment by region, as a percentage of the national average.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe available information is contained in my Department's press notice of 7 March 1985, a copy of which is available in the Library.
§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the proportion of married males and females unemployed for a year or more aged under 25 years, 25 to 44 years and 45-plus years, respectively, who were unskilled or semi-skilled, had dependent children aged under 16 years, and had an unemployed or economically inactive spouse.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide, for the four quarters of January 1985, the average unemployment off-flow data according to the under 18, 18 to 24, 24 to 44 and 45 plus years age groups, by the under 26, 26 to 52, 52 to 104, 104 to 156, 156 to 208, 208 to 260 and 260-plus weeks duration of unemployment groupings as a total, and by sex, for the south-west and nationally.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkI am sending a copy of a computer print giving information on outflows from unemployment between January 1984 and January 1985. This information is also available from the Library. The information provided relates only to people ceasing to be unemployed whose claims were dealt with by computer.
§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide the latest quarterly unemployment figures broken down according to the under 18, 18 to 24, 24 to 44, and 45 plus years age grouping, by the under 26, 26 to 52, 52 to 104, 104 to 156, 156 to 208, 208 to 260 and 260-plus weeks' duration of unemployment groupings as a total and by sex for the south-west, and nationally.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkFollowing is the information, which is available in the Library, at 10 January 1985, the latest date for which an analysis of unemployment by age and duration is available.
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Unemployment by age and duration January 1985 Under 18 years 18–24 25–44 45 and over SOUTH WEST Total Less than 26 weeks 9,225 40,899 38,709 20,163 26–52 weeks 1,419 11,996 14,218 8,930 52–104 weeks 604 9,233 12,057 9,790 104–156 weeks — 3,837 5,946 5,818 156–208 weeks — 1,477 3,516 3,959 208–260 weeks — 735 2,583 2,775 260 weeks + — 256 2,002 3,347 Male Less than 26 weeks 5,091 23,112 24,645 15,540 26–52 weeks 804 6,654 8,153 6,754 52–104 weeks 318 5,696 8,555 7,075 104–156 weeks — 2,473 4,741 4,108 156–208 weeks — 989 2,957 2,871 208–260 weeks — 523 2,250 2,046 260 weeks + — 157 1,642 2,526 Female Less than 26 weeks 4,134 17,787 14,064 4,623 26–52 weeks 615 5,342 6,065 2,176 52–104 weeks 286 3,537 3,502 2,715 104–156 weeks — 1,364 1,205 1,710 156–208 weeks — 488 559 1,088 208–260 weeks — 212 333 729 260 weeks + — 99 360 821 UNITED KINGDOM Total Less than 26 weeks 152,289 540,929 509,687 240,864 26–52 weeks 30,059 197,861 223,017 130,235 52–104 weeks 15,330 184,389 206,248 148,641 104–156 weeks — 91,285 121,069 94,901 156–208 weeks — 42,785 82,575 69,562 208–260 weeks — 23,242 66,252 50,378 260 weeks + — 8,014 50,629 60,717 Male Less than 26 weeks 87,045 321,848 334,218 185,776 26–52 weeks 18,079 119,592 138,684 100,133 52–104 weeks 8,728 120,432 157,080 112,067 104–156 weeks — 62,582 102,970 70,863 156–208 weeks — 30,592 73,612 53,834 208–260 weeks — 17,374 60,412 40,220 260 weeks + — 5,621 44,586 49,700 Female Less than 26 weeks 65,244 219,081 175,469 55,088 26–52 weeks 11,980 78,269 84,333 30,102 52–104 weeks 6,602 63,957 49,168 36,574 104–156 weeks — 28,703 18,099 24,038 156–208 weeks — 12,193 8,963 15,728 208–260 weeks — 5,868 5,840 10,158 260 weeks + — 2,393 6,043 11,017
§ Mr. Leightonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what have been the percentage increases in unemployment of the quartiles of male earners.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkUnemployment data are not available analysed by previous earnings.
§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his latest estimate of the number of unemployed construction and building workers.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkResults of the 1983 labour force survey indicate that in Great Britain in the second quarter of 1983 there were 257,000 people without a job and looking for work, who had been employed at some time during the previous three years, with their last job in the construction industry.