§ Mr. GeorgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people aged between 16 and 18 years in the Walsall travel-to-work area are unemployed.
§ Mr. McLoughlinIn October 1992 there were 973 unemployed claimants aged between 16 and 18 years in the Walsall travel-to-work area.
Changes to the benefit regulations in September 1988 coincided with the extension of a guaranteed YTS, now YT, place to all those aged under 18 not in full-time education or employment, which meant that those who declined an offer of a YTS place were no longer entitled to benefit. However, there are still a small number of under 18–year-olds entitled to benefit due to special circumstances, such as severe hardship or by virtue of their being orphans.
§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people now registered as unemployed in the Greater London area have been out of work for periods of up to three months, six months, nine months, one year, two years and three years or longer.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe information requested is contained in the following table and can also be obtained from the NOM IS database system in the Library.
Duration of unemployment in the Greater London region (October 1992) Duration of unemployment Number of claimant unemployed Up to 3 months 126,008 Up to 6 months 197,933 Up to 9 months 255,145 Up to 1 year 292,619 Up to 2 years 390,604 Up to 3 years 421,186 Over 3 years 26,445 Note: Claimant unemployment figures by duration are available on a quarterly basis for the months of January, April, July and October and are not adjusted for seasonal influences.
§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many(a) men and (b) women were registered as unemployed in the Tooting constituency on 11 January.
§ Mr. McLoughlinOn 12 November 1992, the latest date for which figures are available, there were 4,893 male and 1,898 female unemployed claimants in the Tooting parliamentary constituency. These figures are on the unadjusted basis.
§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were the registered job vacancies at employment centres in the Tooting constituency on 11 January.
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§ Mr. McLoughlinOn 6 November 1992, the latest date for which figures are available, there were 76 unfilled vacancies at jobcentres covering Tooting parliamentary constituency.
§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were employed in part-time work in the United Kingdom, and as a percentage of the working population, in 1979, 1985 and at the most recent available date.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe available information is as follows:
Part-time workforce in employment in Great Britain seasonally adjusted Part-time work force in employment (000"s) Part-time workforce in employment as percentage of the work force Per cent. June 1978 4,632 18 September 1985 5,526 20 September 1992 6,633 24
§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many(a) men and (b) women under the age of 21 years were registered as unemployed in the London borough of Wandsworth on 12 January.
§ Mr. McLoughlinUnemployment figures by age are available only on a quarterly basis and are based on particular age bands. In January 1992, the latest available date, there were 561 male and 301 female unemployed claimants aged under 20 years in the London borough of Wandsworth.
§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of(a) men of 65 years and (b) women of the age of 60 years in full-time employment in the United Kingdom at the latest available date.
§ Mr. McLoughlinResults from the spring—March to May—1992 labour force survey show that in the United Kingdom 23,000 men aged 65 years and 40,000 women aged 60 years were in full-time employment.