§ Mr. Patchettasked the Paymaster General if he will make a statement on the latest unemployment figures for the Barnsley, East Constituency, categorised by sex, age and the duration of unemployment for the last month for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. LangFollowing is the requested information, which is available in the Library.
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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 8 2 4 21 6 4 4 5 3 2 0 0 66 Over 1 and up to 2 2 3 2 0 5 5 4 5 6 6 1 1 0 40 Over 2 and up to 4 1 5 6 4 23 11 4 4 5 3 5 1 0 72 Over 4 and up to 6 3 9 1 7 19 10 8 3 3 6 0 2 0 71 Over 6 and up to 8 3 7 2 7 18 15 7 3 3 3 0 0 0 68 Over 8 and up to 13 6 16 12 1 30 20 10 4 5 5 8 3 0 120 Over 13 and up to 26 31 53 53 33 34 44 19 14 11 13 8 6 0 351 Over 26 and up to 39 5 23 24 13 50 41 7 10 5 8 4 8 0 198 Over 39 and up to 52 0 12 14 13 30 23 3 6 6 5 6 4 0 122 Over 52 and up to 65 0 4 13 7 18 11 4 3 3 2 3 6 0 74 Over 65 and up to 78 0 8 9 15 18 9 4 1 1 5 1 5 0 76 Over 78 and up to 104 0 1 4 9 16 12 4 5 5 10 5 6 0 77 Over 104 and up o 156 0 0 8 22 45 16 6 6 3 3 6 11 0 128 Over 156 and up to 208 0 0 0 8 30 3 1 3 4 5 8 7 0 69 Over 208 and up to 260 0 0 0 0 14 2 6 3 0 3 4 7 0 39 Over 260 0 0 0 0 15 11 5 4 2 5 12 12 0 66 Grand totals Females 58 148 152 143 416 239 96 78 67 85 75 79 0 1,637