§ Mr. Burnsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the total number of people unemployed in the Chelmsford local authority area in each month since May 1979 until the latest available date.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. Statistics of unemployment for local authority areas are derived from the ward-based system and are available only from June 1983.
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Unemployed claimants Chelmsford local authority area Number June 1983 3,370 July 1983 3,491 August 1983 3,481 September 1983 3,719 October 1983 3,581 November 1983 3,627 December 1983 3,558 January 1984 3,749 February 1984 3,777 March 1984 3,737 April 1984 3,690 May 1984 3,707 June 1984 3,659 July 1984 3,947 August 1984 3,947 September 1984 4,186 October 1984 4,060 November 1984 4,065 December 1984 4,100 January 1985 4,304 February 1985 4,313 March 1985 4,177 April 1985 4,182 May 1985 4,050 June 1985 4,066 July 1985 4,215 August 1985 4,254 September 1985 4,413 October 1985 4,241 November 1985 4,224 December 1985 4,142 January 1986 4,378 February 1986 4,376 March 1986 4,294 April 1986 4,271 May 1986 4,246 June 1986 4,172 July 1986 4,260 August 1986 4,239 September 1986 4,243 October 1986 4,068 November 1986 3,897 December 1986 3,766 January 1987 3,909
Number February 1987 3,792 March 1987 3,583 April 1987 3,532 May 1987 3,397 June 1987 3,281
§ Mr. Frank Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are currently signing on in the Birkenhead constituency.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. On 11 June 1987, the number of unemployed claimants in the Birkenhead constituency was 9,016.
§ Mr. Frank Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are currently signing on in the Wirral, South constituency.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. On 11 June 1987, the number of unemployed claimants in the Wirral, South constituency was 3,615.
Unemployed Claimants in Greater London, 9 April 1987 Males Females Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Unemployed for under 6 months 98,260 37.1 49,599 43.5 6 months to 1 year 49,542 18.7 27,437 24.0 1 to 2 years 46,263 17.4 16,927 14.8 Over 2 years 71,113 26.8 20,141 17.7
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many people in London are employed in manufacturing industry for the latest date available; and how many were so employed in 1983;
(2) how many people in London have been employed in the service industries for each of past four years.
§ Mr. LeeThe available information is as follows:
Employees in employment in Greater London Manufacturing Service industries industries December 1983 585,000 2,696,000 December 1984 569,000 2,738,000 December 1985 556,000 2,784,000 December 19861 530,000 2,812,000 1 Latest available. 8W
Employees in employment in Greater London Males Females Full time Males Part time All Full time Females Part time All December 1983 1— 1— 1,983,000 988,000 506,000 1,494,000 September 19842 1,835,000 137,000 1,971,000 998,000 494,000 1,492,000 December 1984 1— 1— 1,984,000 1,002,000 510,000 1,512,000 December 1985 1— 1— 1,992,000 1,020,000 508,000 1,528,000 December 19863 1— 1— 1,985,000 1,020,000 516,000 1,536,000 1 Not available. 2 Census of employment. 3 Latest available.
§ Mr. Frank Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are currently signing on in the Wirral, West constituency.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. On 11 june 1987, the number of unemployed claimants in the Wirral, West constituency was 4,022.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of people unemployed in London for the latest date available.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. On 11 June 1987, the number of unemployed claimants in Greater London was 361,370.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people in London, by sex, have been unemployed for (a) less than six months, (b) between six months and one year, (c) between one year and two years and (d) more than two years; and what percentage each of these groups represent of the total figure.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people, by sex, work (a) full-time and (b) part-time in London, for the latest date available and for each of the last four years.
§ Mr. LeeEstimates of the numbers of full-time and part-time male employees in employment in regions for the period specified are available only from the September 1984 census of employment. Regional estimates of the numbers of self-employed people do not separately identify full-time and part-time employment.
The available information is given in the following table: