§ Mr. Frank Fieldasked the Paymaster General if he will give a detailed breakdown of the number of jobless 53W in Birkenhead, covering the distribution between (a) sexes and (b) skilled and unskilled; and if this data could also be presented by age and by duration.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following information is in the Library. The table shows the number of unemployed claimants in the Birkenhead parliamentary constituency as at 10 October 1985, analysed by sex and by the age of the unemployed and duration of unemployment.
Age and Duration Analysis of the Unemployed for Statistical Date 10 October 1985 Parliamentary Constituencies AD Birkenhead BC Males Duration of Unemployment in weeks Under 17 17 18 19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60 and over Total One or less 3 6 6 5 42 15 8 11 5 5 3 2 3 114 Over 1 and up to 2 4 9 10 9 35 18 12 7 13 6 2 5 6 136 Over 2 and up to 4 13 14 16 18 70 33 20 20 17 8 6 17 11 263 Over 4 and up to 6 47 30 39 10 54 28 22 14 16 9 8 17 4 298 Over 6 and up to 8 2 16 14 10 43 18 26 16 28 27 14 17 5 236 Over 8 and up to 13 3 31 21 20 101 58 38 36 31 21 14 21 13 408 Over 13 and up to 26 11 50 42 52 188 110 71 66 43 45 32 39 11 760 Over 26 and up to 39 5 20 29 33 114 80 58 51 39 20 25 25 20 519 Over 39 and up to 52 0 18 33 22 124 100 63 56 29 41 34 33 27 580 Over 52 and up to 65 0 28 35 35 85 80 44 37 41 30 26 34 18 493 Over 65 and up to 78 0 6 24 17 77 40 34 22 18 23 21 23 4 309 Over 78 and up to 104 0 0 22 32 111 81 67 69 49 52 38 42 1 564 Over 104 and up to 156 0 0 25 47 152 109 82 91 66 47 47 65 3 734 Over 156 and up to 208 0 0 0 13 151 102 74 75 60 55 71 61 2 664 Over 208 and up to 260 0 0 0 0 79 76 66 68 59 36 55 57 0 496 Over 260 0 0 0 0 81 155 154 168 101 139 128 111 3 1040 Total over 52 weeks 0 34 106 144 736 643 521 530 394 382 386 393 31 4,300 Grand totals Males 88 228 316 323 1,507 1,103 839 807 615 564 524 569 131 7,614
Females Duration of Unemployment in weeks Under 17 17 18 19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60 and over Total One or less 7 7 7 1 16 5 4 1 3 0 3 0 0 54 Over 1 and up to 2 5 4 2 6 20 14 6 5 5 0 4 0 0 71 Over 2 and up to 4 9 6 8 8 36 10 3 5 8 4 1 2 0 100 Over 4 and up to 6 46 22 38 11 23 13 14 8 3 6 4 9 0 197 Over 6 and up to 8 3 14 10 6 14 12 5 1 1 2 6 1 0 75 Over 8 and up to 13 2 18 13 14 52 24 18 10 5 3 6 5 0 170 Over 13 and up to 26 7 43 24 24 84 52 36 19 15 17 11 14 0 346 Over 26 and up to 39 3 27 18 16 49 34 26 12 6 14 12 9 0 226 Over 39 and up to 52 0 11 18 22 53 43 14 7 10 10 6 12 0 206 Over 52 and up to 65 0 13 24 22 29 26 13 8 10 7 4 17 0 173 Over 65 and up to 78 0 3 8 9 28 11 3 5 4 11 7 6 0 95 Over 78 and up to 104 0 0 8 13 39 20 13 6 9 19 14 15 0 156 Over 104 and up to 156 0 0 8 17 51 18 13 11 13 11 20 25 0 187 Over 156 and up to 208 0 0 0 6 46 11 10 10 6 18 19 15 0 141 Over 208 and up to 260 0 0 0 0 26 6 7 2 3 6 13 13 0 76 Over 260 0 0 0 0 18 24 13 5 10 7 19 19 1 116 Total over 52 weeks 0 16 48 67 237 116 72 47 55 79 96 110 1 944 Grand totals Females 82 168 186 175 584 323 198 115 111 135 149 162 1 2,389