§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Paymaster General (1) if, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby, Official Report, 28 April, columns 337–38, he will show the types of job on the CODOT classification of those people aged under 20 years recorded as in (a) full-time and (b) part-time work;
(2) if, in the manner of the answer to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby, Official Report, 28 April, columns 337–38, he will give the comparable figures for the labour force surveys from 1979 to 1985 for those recorded to be in full-time and part-time work aged from 21 to 24 years.
§ Mr. LangThe available labour force survey estimates are given in tables 1 and 2. The amount of occupational detail that can be given is limited by sample size.
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Male Female Full-time† (thousands) Part-time† (thousands) Full-time† (thousands) Part-time† (thousands) CODOT broad groupings-1985 || Managerial and professional 52 .. 46 .. Clerical and related 75 .. 271 32 Other non-manual occupations 47 55 62 114 Craft and similar occupations 227 .. 39 .. General labourers 22 .. .. .. Other manual occupations 227 85 154 98 TOTAL‡ 651 157 574 250 * The Labour Force Survey estimates relate to the spring of each year. Figures for 1985 exclude those employees on Government schemes, whereas earlier years include those on schemes if reported as in employment as an employer. † In this table an employee is shown as full-time or part-time according to whether he considers his job to be a full or part-time job. ‡ Includes those who did not state their occupation. || Preliminary estimates. .. less than 10 thousand.
Table 2 Labour Force Survey data on employees* aged 20–24 years, in Great Britain Thousands Males Females 1979 Full-time† 1,578 1,056 Part-time† 12 117 All employees‡ 1,589 1,173 1981 Full-time† 1,417 1,058 Part-time† 18 121 All employees‡ 1,452 1,195 1983 Full-time† 1,416 1,112 Part-time† 26 128 All employees‡ 1,444 1,246 1984 Full-time† 1,445 1,104 Part-time† 42 168 All employees‡ 1,489 1,273
Persons//in seasonal, temporary or casual jobs—Great Britain Thousands Age 16–19 20–24 25+ Year Full-time* Part-time* Full-time* Part-time* Full-time Part-time* 1981† 39 118 19 24 49 261 1983 73 204 61 47 150 379 1984 82 207 55 50 157 417 1985‡ 47 197 66 60 152 454 || Estimates relate to the Spring of each year. Figures for 1985 exclude those on Government schemes, whereas earlier years include those on schemes if reported as in employment. * In this table an employee is shown as full-time or part-time according to whether he considers his job to be a full or part-time job. † In 1981 the relevant question was addressed to employees only and identified occasional or casual (including seasonal) jobs. ‡ Preliminary estimates.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Paymaster General what data have been assembled by his Department reflecting the overall level of employment and increases in levels of pay
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Males Females 1985|| Full-time† 1,504 1,136 Part-time† 44 179 All employees‡ 1,548 1,315 * The labour force survey estimates relate to the spring of each year. Figures for 1985 exclude those employees on Government schemes, whereas earlier years include those on schemes if reported as in employment as an employee. † In this table an employee is shown as full-time or part-time according to whether he considers his job to be a full or part-time job. ‡ Includes those who did not state whether their job was full or part-time. || Preliminary estimates.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Paymaster General if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year of the labour force survey the number of people aged (a) 16 to 19 years, (b) 20 to 24 years and (c) 25 years and over who were in temporary work, broken down into full and part-time workers.
§ Mr. LangEstimates of the number of seasonal, temporary or casual jobs are available from the labour force survey since 1981. These are presented in the following table.
and earnings in the west midlands region each year since 1979; and how these statistics compare with those of east Anglia and the south-east.
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§ Mr. LangTable 1 records the civilian employed labour force (the sum of employees in employment and the self-employed) in the regions specified at June each year from 1979 while table 2 presents the new earnings survey estimates of gross weekly earnings for April of each year.
Table 1 Civilian employed labour force in June of each year West Midlands East Anglia South East 1979 2,382 781 8,124 1980 2,362 793 8,166 1981 2,221 768 7,963 1982 2,145 767 7,867 1983 2,094 775 7,825 1984 2,113 802 8,064 1985 2,128 824 8,227
Table 2 Average gross weekly earnings of full-time* adult employees April West Midlands East Anglia South East Per cent. change from previous Per cent. change from previous Per cent. change from previous £/week year £/week year £/week year 1979† 87.2 +13.8 85.7 +14.9 95.6 +13.1 1980† 105.0 +20.4 104.3 +21.7 119.1 +24.6 1981† 117.8 +12.2 120.6 +15.6 134.8 +13.2 1982† 127.9 +8.6 130.3 +8.0 149.3 +10.8 1983 ‡137.8 †+8.0 ‡139.6 †+8.4 ‡162.9 †+9.1 1984‡ 149.7 +8.6 150.8 +8.0 176.1 +8.9 1985‡ 160.3 +7.1 163.7 +8.6 189.1 +7.4 * Whose earnings were not affected by absence. † Women aged 18 and over and men aged 21 and over. ‡ Women and men on adult rates.
§ Mr. Lofthouseasked the Paymaster General what has been the percentage increase in unemployment in Pontefract and Castleford and Knottingley since 1979.
§ Mr. LangThe information requested is not available. Statistics of unemployment for parliamentary constituencies and electoral wards are derived from the new ward-based system and are available only from June 1983. These and statistics from the former system based on jobcentre areas are available in the Library.
§ Mr. Lofthouseasked the Paymaster General how many people were unemployed for more than one year in 1979 and each subsequent year in (a) the Castleford travel-to-work area and (b) the Yorkshire and Humberside region.
§ Mr. LangFollowing is the available information which is in the Library. The figures are affected by the 1983 Budget provisions which mean that certain older men, mainly aged 60 or over, no longer have to sign on to receive benefit, and by the change in the timng of compilation of unemployment statistics in March 1986. Larger discontinuities occurred in the local area statistics in 1982 and 1983 with the change in the basis of the count, the introduction of ward-based statistics and the revision to boundaries of travel-to-work areas. Therefore the figures are not directly comparable.
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Claimants—unemployed for over 12 months Yorkshire and Humberside Region Castleford and Pontefract travel-to-work area April 1983 108,868 — April 1984 112,894 2,849 April 1985 126,373 3,535 April 1986 127,791 3,349
Registrants—unemployed for over 12 months Yorkshire and Humberside Region Number April 1979 32,728 April 1980 30,808 April 1981 47,208 April 1982 93,806
§ Mr. Lofthouseasked the Paymaster General what is the latest figure of persons aged under 25 years who are unemployed; and how many have been unemployed for more than 12 months in the Castleford travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. LangOn 10 April 1986, the latest date for which an analysis of unemployment by age and duration is available, there were 1,183,833 unemployed claimants aged under 25 years in the United Kingdom. The number of claimants aged under 25 years in the Castleford and Pontefract travel-to-work area was 3,460, of whom 928 had been unemployed for over 12 months.
§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Paymaster General what is the percentage unemployment rate in the constituencies of Leicester, East, Leicester, West and Leicester, South; and what was the equivalent figure and the number of claimants in May 1985.
§ Mr. LangUnemployment rates are not calculated for areas smaller than travel-to-work areas. The following information on the numbers of unemployed claimants in the requested constituencies in May 1985 is in the Library. For the corresponding figures for May 1986, I refer my hon. Friend to my previous reply to him on 26 June at column243.
Unemployed Claimants, May 1985 Number Leicester East 5,768 Leicester West 7,284 Leicester South 7,557
§ Mr. Hancockasked the Paymaster General what is the number of unemployed building and construction workers by region at the latest available date.
§ Mr. LangThe available information which is derived from the labour force survey is as follows:
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Persons without a job and actively seeking work, having become unemployed within the past three years, with their last job in the construction industry—Spring 1984 Region Unemployed (Thousands) South East 61 East Anglia * South West 13 West Midlands 18 East Midlands 14 Yorkshire and Humberside 20
Region Unemployed (Thousands) North West 28 North 21 Wales 17 Scotland 33 Great Britain 233 * Less than 10 thousand persons.