§ Mr. Milneasked the Minister of Labour if he will give the number of unemployed in the Blyth constituency, and for the same period 12 months ago, the number of males and females unemployed at the same dates, the age groups 185W of those unemployed and the number of weeks during which each of the various grades has been unemployed; and if he will give similar figures for the North-East region.
§ Mr. WhitelawI am setting out in the tables below the information for the Northern Region and for the Bedlington Station, Blyth and Seaton Delaval Employment Exchanges which cover the Blyth constituency.
WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED (EXCLUDING TEMPORARILY STOPPED AND CASUALS) ANALYSIS ACCORDING TO AGE AND LENGTH OF UNEMPLOYMENT 1. Bedlington Station, Blyth and Seaton Delaval Employment Exchanges 13th January, 1964 Duration of Unemployment in Weeks Males Under 18 years 18–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65 and over Total 18 and over One or less 9 2 8 10 3 6 7 2 4 8 3 — 62 Over 1 and up to 2 4 3 9 4 6 1 — 2 1 — — — 30 Over 2 and up to 3 10 6 5 11 7 2 8 4 1 4 1 — 59 Over 3 and up to 4 5 1 7 2 2 4 3 1 — — 1 — 26 Over 4 and up to 5 3 3 5 — 1 1 3 — 1 1 3 — 21 Over 5 and up to 6 1 2 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 — 18 Over 6 and up to 7 4 — 3 4 3 2 2 4 — — 4 — 26 Over 7 and up to 8 4 3 3 2 1 3 — 1 2 1 2 — 22 Over 8 and up to 9 6 4 5 3 1 2 4 4 2 4 2 — 37 Over 9 and up to 13 10 9 11 8 7 4 11 6 1 6 6 — 79 Over 13 and up to 26 26 10 21 12 11 15 16 7 12 15 25 — 170 Over 26 and up to 39 8 3 6 6 2 7 5 4 6 4 26 1 78 Over 39 and up to 52 10 3 3 5 2 2 3 4 2 5 21 1 61 Over 52 9 13 8 9 12 16 26 19 23 26 59 — 220 Total 109 62 96 77 61 68 90 59 56 75 154 2 909 186W
13TH JANUARY, 1964 Duration of Unemployment in weeks FEMALES Under 18 years 18–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60 and over Total 18 and over One or less … 10 2 7 1 — 2 1 2 — — — 25 Over 1 and up to 2 … 11 3 6 — — 1 — — — 1 — 22 Over 2 and up to 3 … 5 2 1 2 — — 1 1 1 — — 13 Over 3 and up to 4 … 5 — — — — — — — — — 1 6 Over 4 and up to 5 … 4 2 3 1 — — 1 1 — 1 — 13 Over 5 and up to 6 … 9 1 5 1 1 — 1 — — — — 18 Over 6 and up to 7 … 2 3 1 2 — — — 1 — — — 9 Over 7 and up to 8 … 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 — 1 — — 12 Over 8 and up to 9 … — 1 2 — — 1 — 1 1 1 — 7 Over 9 and up to 13 … 9 3 9 4 3 2 3 3 — 1 — 37 Over 13 and up to 26 … 11 5 11 6 1 2 6 4 5 4 — 55 Over 26 and up to 39 … 3 1 6 1 2 — 1 1 3 — — 18 Over 39 and up to 52 … 3 2 1 1 — 2 1 2 2 2 — 16 Over 52 … 4 2 3 3 2 9 1 1 8 3 — 36 Total … 78 29 57 23 10 21 17 17 21 13 1 287 187W
TOTAL NUMBERS UNEMPLOYED Date Bedlington Station, Blyth and Seaton Delaval Employment Exchanges Northern Region 13th January 1964 1,222 56,805 14th January 1963 1,952 84,419
14TH JANUARY, 1963 Duration of Unemployment in Weeks Males Under 18 years 18–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65 and over Total 18 and over One or less 27 3 28 19 9 9 10 4 5 2 4 — 120 Over 1 and up to 2 20 3 7 8 — 4 9 4 3 1 2 — 61 Over 2 and up to 3 20 — 3 4 4 1 2 1 2 1 — — 38 Over 3 and up to 4 18 1 4 4 5 — 1 3 1 — — — 37 Over 4 and up to 5 8 7 10 5 7 6 4 — — 4 2 — 53 Over 5 and up to 6 10 1 3 3 6 3 7 3 5 1 2 — 44 Over 6 and up to 7 3 5 16 4 3 1 — 3 4 1 4 — 44 Over 7 and up to 8 3 1 14 8 9 5 6 9 6 3 3 — 67 Over 8 and up to 9 — 5 5 6 4 5 2 — 2 1 3 — 33 Over 9 and up to 13 10 8 15 18 11 11 13 5 18 4 3 1 117 Over 13 and up to 26 26 23 55 33 33 24 36 18 24 31 44 3 350 Over 26 and up to 39 5 7 8 10 7 12 15 9 7 6 9 1 96 Over 39 and up to 52 3 1 4 3 5 3 5 3 7 10 15 — 59 Over 52 1 — 6 12 9 13 14 18 6 18 39 1 137 Total 154 65 178 137 112 97 124 80 90 83 130 6 1,256 188W189W
14TH JANUARY, 1963 Duration of Unemployment in weeks FEMALES Under 18 years 18–19 20–4 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60 and over Total 18 and over One or less … 19 2 4 1 — 4 1 1 — — 1 33 Over 1 and up to 2 … 27 2 4 1 — — 1 1 — 1 — 37 Over 2 and up to 3 … 12 — 2 1 — — — 1 — — — 16 Over 3 and up to 4 … 5 3 1 1 1 — — — 1 — — 11 Over 4 and up to 5 … 9 — 3 — — — — — — — — 12 Over 5 and up to 6 … 5 2 3 2 1 1 4 1 1 — — 20 Over 6 and up to 7 … 7 3 2 — 3 2 2 — — — 1 20 Over 7 and up to 8 … 2 1 2 — — — — — — — — 5 Over 8 and up to 9 … 2 2 1 2 — 1 — — — — — 8 Over 9 and up to 13 … 11 3 9 2 2 2 3 — 3 3 — 38 Over 13 and up to 26 … 23 12 10 4 4 2 4 6 7 5 1 78 Over 26 and up to 39 … 3 3 3 — 1 3 1 1 1 — — 16 Over 39 and up to 52 … 1 2 1 — 1 1 1 2 1 1 — 11 Over 52 … — — 2 1 2 1 3 3 6 5 — 23 Total … 126 35 47 15 15 17 20 16 19 15 3 328
2. Northern Region 13th January, 1964 Duration of Unemployment in weeks Males Under 18 years 18–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65 and over Total One or less 371 174 427 379 277 241 219 [...]15 103 100 90 10 2,506 Over 1 and up to 2 275 177 400 385 269 256 195 [...]38 151 114 129 4 2,493 Over 2 and up to 3 217 160 298 240 211 174 202 [...]15 120 108 113 6 1,964 Over 3 and up to 4 183 122 267 244 209 189 171 [...]52 109 78 92 9 1,825 Over 4 and up to 5 129 126 181 168 137 116 142 [...]80 67 67 50 3 1,266 Over 5 and up to 6 137 93 181 171 166 143 113 [...]83 72 79 77 6 1,321 Over 6 and up to 7 145 89 209 164 121 172 127 [...]12 91 80 136 8 1,454 Over 7 and up to 8 86 75 152 139 134 146 116 [...]75 76 57 75 1 1,132 Over 8 and up to 9 99 67 164 133 136 128 101 [...]78 76 65 73 3 1,123 Over 9 and up to 13 319 241 437 484 488 456 395 295 284 281 376 15 4,071 Over 13 and up to 26 699 327 643 689 710 792 740 517 594 600 1,027 33 7,371 Over 26 and up to 39 199 132 232 275 326 382 368 284 305 342 614 67 3,526 Over 39 and up to 52 153 66 105 145 199 248 260 [...]77 180 229 426 24 2,212 Over 52 149 165 400 538 837 1,097 1,062 1,048 1,197 1,324 2,122 34 9,973 TOTAL 3,161 2,014 4,096 4,154 4,220 4,540 4,211 3,269 3,425 3,524 5,400 223 42,237 190W191W
13th January, 1964 Duration of Unemployment in Weeks FEMALES Under 18 Years 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 … 311 148 275 113 82 61 62 62 58 27 2 1,201 One 1 and up to 2 … 227 114 214 69 51 29 49 44 29 37 2 865 One 2 and up to 3 … 154 125 158 77 45 31 34 37 34 23 3 721 One 3 and up to 4 … 125 59 115 32 21 24 15 25 22 19 2 459 One 4 and up to 5 … 91 49 103 45 17 24 20 24 15 25 — 413 One 5 and up to 6 … 94 65 112 37 25 28 32 25 25 19 — 462 One 6 and up to 7 … 78 60 89 48 17 21 28 34 29 21 1 426 One 7 and up to 8 … 68 50 103 43 24 21 30 25 24 21 4 413 One 8 and up to 9 … 51 34 108 37 22 23 38 25 31 22 4 395 One 9 and up to 13 … 182 160 337 140 77 99 105 102 106 67 4 1,379 One 13 and up to 26 … 347 275 622 280 129 146 154 156 182 199 16 2,506 One 26 and up to 39 … 112 73 229 143 78 47 72 91 109 92 4 1,050 One 39 and up to 52 … 64 31 141 74 52 44 52 66 65 53 2 644 Over 52 … 39 49 136 111 81 110 129 151 226 253 9 1,294 Total … 1,943 1,292 2,742 1,249 721 708 820 867 955 878 53 12,228
14th January, 1963 Duration of Unemployment in Weeks Males Under 18 Years 18–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65and over Total One or less 810 184 568 517 386 319 292 212 159 116 98 11 3,672 One 1 and up to 2 1,053 208 642 559 422 358 286 205 181 140 154 12 4,220 One 2 and up to 3 495 177 479 377 313 282 231 200 155 126 113 8 2,956 One 3 and up to 4 755 155 304 266 240 220 166 135 144 102 88 4 2,579 One 4 and up to 5 198 137 337 251 223 184 158 107 94 83 55 4 1,831 One 5 and up to 6 185 135 352 304 222 233 182 122 117 99 83 11 2,045 One 6 and up to 7 141 123 281 246 251 200 160 124 104 78 103 6 1,817 One 7 and up to 8 166 137 310 278 229 233 194 133 116 83 69 4 1,952 One 8 and up to 9 130 127 270 231 188 188 170 122 104 99 81 12 1,722 One 9 and up to 13 395 371 813 760 734 753 600 434 465 380 439 21 6,165 One 13 and up to 26 742 478 1,276 1,110 1,210 1,192 999 738 658 671 778 35 9,887 One 26 and up to 39 170 192 337 463 432 523 444 348 308 326 470 18 4,031 One 39 and up to 52 60 92 199 215 273 349 282 224 246 253 370 8 2,571 Over 52 46 103 285 429 632 825 761 796 881 1,125 1,650 34 7,567 Total 5,346 2,619 6,453 6,006 5,755 5,859 4,925 3,900 3,732 3,681 4,551 188 53,015 192W
14TH JANUARY, 1963 Duration of Unemployment in Weeks FEMALES Under 18 Years 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 … 600 191 277 119 72 83 67 61 49 37 12 1,568 One 1 and up to 2 … 732 150 235 88 47 45 44 43 40 32 2 1,458 One 2 and up to 3 … 379 85 156 69 30 34 38 37 32 30 4 894 One 3 and up to 4 … 627 64 101 41 15 28 19 24 18 21 — 958 One 4 and up to 5 … 134 71 121 45 28 31 29 21 22 16 2 520 One 5 and up to 6 … 132 77 106 54 38 36 29 22 26 16 — 536 One 6 and up to 7 … 116 77 136 56 29 43 34 22 25 22 4 564 One 7 and up to 8 … 115 71 115 42 40 27 16 29 33 17 3 508 One 8 and up to 9 … 67 75 89 54 33 18 30 15 20 17 2 420 One 9 and up to 13 … 284 197 338 170 106 84 117 93 94 71 9 1,563 One 13 and up to 26 … 391 299 642 278 205 165 171 191 175 153 11 2,681 One 26 and up to 39 … 83 87 179 129 68 65 62 76 84 70 2 905 One 39 and up to 52 … 30 34 118 48 46 39 47 38 61 54 3 518 Over 52 … 8 31 91 86 65 69 98 127 189 203 7 974 Total … 3,698 1,509 2,704 1,279 822 767 801 799 868 759 61 14,067