HC Deb 29 March 1971 vol 814 cc276-85W
Mr. Dell

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is, as a total, and broken down by offices, the number of men and the number of women on the Professional and Executive Register at the latest convenient date and a year previously, the number of men and women who at each date were over 45 years of age and over 60 years of age, and the number of placings by each officer during the year of those above and below 45 years of age and 60 years of age.

Mr. Dudley Smith

The number of men and women on the Register is provided in Table 1 below in respect of the position at 2nd December, 1970, the latest date for which final figures are available, and at 3rd December 1969. Information relating to the age of people on the Professional and Executive

DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONAL AND EXECUTIVE REGISTER
TABLE 1
Number of Persons on the Register (Employed and Unemployed) on 2nd December, 1970 and 3rd December, 1969
2nd December, 1970 3rd December, 1969
Office Men Women Total Men Women Total
Aberdeen 160 29 189 156 29 185
Birmingham 1,462 98 1,560 1,375 130 1,505
Bournemouth 550 62 612 459 31 490
Bradford* 544 49 593
Brighton 610 72 682 634 66 700
Bristol 1,079 223 1,302 933 114 1,047
Burnley 266 24 290 249 22 271
Cambridge 269 51 320 343 49 392
Cardiff 701 101 802 533 99 632
Carlisle 298 41 339 277 33 310
Chelmsford 971 52 1,023 747 43 790
Coventry 522 61 583 537 46 583
Darlington 340 29 369 255 19 274
Dundee 212 20 232 197 20 217
Edinburgh 733 151 884 580 123 703
Exeter 446 61 507 428 54 482
Glasgow 1,929 156 2,085 1,488 159 1,647
Gloucester 587 60 647 507 39 546
Grimsby 125 14 139 135 9 144
Hanley 307 44 351 301 25 326
Hull 388 55 443 353 64 417
Leeds 1,155 203 1,358 1,218 167 1,385
Leicester 518 61 579 560 57 617
Lincoln 154 13 167 167 8 175
Liverpool 955 74 1,029 1,020 88 1,108
London 6,662 918 7,580 5,918 770 6,688
Luton 716 50 766 807 44 851
Maidstone 665 41 706 570 26 596
Manchester 1,970 209 2,179 1,394 165 1,559
Middlesbrough 426 29 455 405 32 437
Newcastle 1,111 142 1,253 948 92 1,040
Norwich 405 50 455 284 26 310
Nottingham 827 64 891 698 68 766
Oxford 305 34 339 186 20 206
Plymouth 436 42 478 402 38 440
Portsmouth 403 40 443 379 30 409
Preston 741 74 815 709 69 778
Reading 862 81 943 679 52 731
Sheffield 667 67 734 735 57 792
Southampton 462 63 525 392 60 452
Swansea 642 147 789 474 118 592
Warrington 512 43 555 442 29 471
Wrexham 253 46 299 250 50 300
Total 33,346 3,944 37,290 29,124 3,240 32,364
* Bradford Office opened on 19th October, 1970 taking over part of the area previously served by Leeds Office.

Register, at present available only in relation to the position at 23rd February, 1970, is provided in Table 2 below. Final information in respect of the position at 3rd March, 1971 will not be available until early May.

Information about the age of those placed is collected only in respect of those aged under 45 and those aged 45 and above, and is at present available only for the period of six months ended on 2nd December, 1970 (Table 3 below).

DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONAL AND EXECUTIVE REGISTER
TABLE 2
Number of Persons on the Register (Employed and Unemployed) aged 45 to 59, and over 60 on 23rd February, 1970
Men Women
Office Aged 45 to 59 Aged 60 and over Aged 45 to 59 Aged 60 and over
Aberdeen 56 12 1
Birmingham 498 27 17
Bournemouth 233 33 16
Brighton 367 66 15
Bristol 340 64 11
Burnley 79 17 2
Cambridge 84 11 4 1
Cardiff 141 21 7
Carlisle 85 23 3
Chelmsford 263 28 7
Coventry 133 24 7
Darlington 82 31 4 1
Dundee 67 25 8 1
Edinburgh 161 45 15 2
Exeter 207 30 14
Glasgow 365 92 10 2
Gloucester 182 33 11
Grimsby 38 2 1
Hanley 74 12 1
Hull 93 20 4
Leeds 449 78 13
Leicester 166 32 3
Lincoln 69 11 2
Liverpool 317 30 6
London 1,836 242 118 4
Luton 277 28 8
Maidstone 253 21 13
Manchester 521 128 26
Middlesbrough 108 20 5
Newcastle 245 61 17
Norwich 104 8 8
Nottingham 244 48 4
Oxford 60 7 6
Plymouth 191 15 8
Portsmouth 167 12 3
Preston 248 25 5 1
Reading 339 30 8
Sheffield 165 60 11
Southampton 178 13 3
Swansea 118 22 5 1
Warrington 95 8 2
Wrexham 93 18 1
Total 9,791 1,533 433 13

DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONAL AND EXECUTIVE REGISTER
TABLE 3
Number of Placings made during six months ended 2nd December, 1970
Aged under 45 Aged 45 or over
Office Men Women Men Women
Aberdeen 7 5 5
Birmingham 203 26 69 2
Bournemouth 115 5 14 1
Bradford* 8 5
Brighton 75 22 31 1
Bristol 104 32 34 2
Burnley 60 11 7 1
Cambridge 28 9 7 1
Cardiff 137 16 25 1
Carlisle 17 3 7
Chelmsford 74 4 24
Coventry 60 3 23 1
Darlington 73 17 22 2

Aged under 45 Aged 45 or over
Office Men Women Men Women
Dundee 28 4 2
Edinburgh 87 27 22 1
Exeter 62 24 21 3
Glasgow 405 94 77 2
Gloucester 56 4 12
Grimsby 37 3
Hanley 48 8 14
Hull 56 12 10 1
Leeds 126 15 32 1
Leicester 93 18 21
Lincoln 15 10 6
Liverpool 125 17 40
London 1,155 216 268 12
Luton 70 3 19 1
Maidstone 40 2 23
Manchester 192 12 45 1
Middlesbrough 98 25 9 1
Newcastle 223 47 45 2
Norwich 18 2 8
Nottingham 75 17 20
Oxford 13 1 3
Plymouth 66 12 14
Portsmouth 81 13 24
Preston 106 28 20 1
Reading 81 17 22 1
Sheffield 131 24 26
Southampton 55 26 15
Swansea 78 29 26 2
Warrington 62 4 10 1
Wrexham 35 1 15 1
Total 4,578 865 1,145 43
* Bradford Office opened on 19th October, 1970, taking over part of the area previously served by Leeds Office.

Mr. Dell

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is, for each office, and separately for those below and above 45 and 60 years of age, the number of men and the number of women on the Professional and Executive Register who are unemployed and the period of their unemployment to date.

DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONAL AND EXECUTIVE REGISTER
ANALYSIS OF AGE AND DURATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTER ON 23RD FEBRUARY, 1970
WOMEN
Aged under 45 Unemployed {Months) Aged 45–59 Unemployed {Months) Aged 60 and over Unemployed {Months)
Office Up to 2 From 2 to 6 From 6 to 12 Over 12 Up to 2 From 2 to 6 From 6 to 12 Over 12 Up to 2 From 2 to 6 From 6 to 12 Over 12 Total
Aberdeen 8 2 1 11
Birminghan 24 20 6 2 1 6 1 60
Bournemouth 3 7 1 5 2 1 2 21
Brighton 23 13 1 2 6 45
Bristol 32 20 8 1 2 2 1 2 68
Burnley 2 1 3
Cambridge 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 13
Cardiff 13 15 1 1 1 1 1 33
Carlisle 1 8 3 2 14
Chelmsford 8 8 1 2 1 1 21
Coventry 9 9 2 1 3 3 27
Darlington 5 4 2 1 1 1 14

Mr. Dudley Smith

Information relating to the age and duration of unemployment of people on the Professional and Executive Register is available only in relation to the position at 23rd February, 1970 and is shown in the following tables. Final information in respect of the position at 3rd March, 1971 will not be available until early May.

Aged under 45 Unemployed (Months) Aged 45–59 Unemployed (Months) Aged 60 and over Unemployed (Months)
Office Up to 2 From 2 to 6 From 6 to 12 Over 12 Up to 2 From 2 to 6 From 6 to 12 Over 12 Up to 2 From 2 to 6 From 6 to 12 Over 12 Total
Dundee 6 5 1 1 5 1 1 1 21
Edinburgh 9 12 8 2 2 1 3 1 38
Exeter 2 15 3 1 4 1 1 27
Glasgow 28 26 8 1 3 2 1 1 70
Gloucester 10 6 1 4 4 1 1 5 32
Grimsby 1 1
Hanley 6 2 1 9
Hull 9 4 2 1 1 17
Leeds 37 23 7 4 3 1 75
Leicester 15 9 2 2 1 29
Lincoln 1 5 1 1 1 9
Liverpool 19 6 4 2 1 1 33
London 254 148 37 6 40 37 11 7 1 3 544
Luton 15 15 3 1 2 4 2 42
Maidstone 10 5 3 3 2 1 1 25
Manchester 39 22 3 1 4 8 2 2 81
Middles-brough 9 7 4 2 1 23
Newcastle upon Tyne 42 22 1 4 3 1 2 75
Norwich 4 2 4 2 1 13
Nottingham 9 12 2 1 1 25
Oxford 5 6 1 1 1 2 16
Plymouth 20 13 2 1 4 1 41
Portsmouth 5 5 1 1 1 13
Preston 10 10 2 1 1 1 25
Reading 16 11 2 1 1 5 1 37
Sheffield 9 16 3 1 5 2 2 1 39
Southampton 17 11 3 2 33
Swansea 16 11 2 1 3 2 1 36
Warrington 7 9 1 1 18
Wrexham 10 19 5 1 1 36

MEN
Aberdeen 9 19 1 1 6 14 4 10 7 3 1 1 76
Birmingham 195 154 35 8 96 88 48 25 4 7 2 5 667
Bournemouth 57 41 7 4 43 63 23 21 4 9 8 8 288
Brighton 116 91 13 6 79 88 42 37 17 12 5 23 529
Bristol 117 92 17 6 65 68 45 26 16 15 14 13 494
Burnley 14 6 1 2 12 11 3 3 3 1 3 8 67
Cambridge 42 26 5 4 22 10 8 8 4 1 6 136
Cardiff 59 61 26 3 34 24 16 6 4 10 5 2 250
Carlisle 19 24 10 13 17 5 3 6 7 4 2 110
Chelmsford 66 62 23 6 54 51 22 22 4 5 5 10 330
Coventry 46 44 7 2 19 21 11 14 6 1 4 11 186
Darlington 26 17 3 2 14 14 7 9 5 5 7 14 123
Dundee 29 21 4 1 8 8 6 11 3 6 6 6 109
Edinburgh 38 49 19 8 18 23 28 16 3 9 15 15 241
Exeter 42 37 12 4 27 52 25 29 2 4 6 13 253
Glasgow 174 188 44 10 70 70 27 15 15 26 14 18 671
Gloucester 44 23 9 4 25 38 15 13 5 6 8 9 199
Grimsby 18 10 2 9 7 1 1 1 49
Hanley 22 27 4 2 8 16 8 2 1 2 5 4 101
Hull 51 34 7 3 14 18 9 8 6 6 3 3 162
Leeds 183 161 41 6 117 83 41 20 20 27 18 3 720
Leicester 63 43 15 4 34 26 13 6 6 8 6 4 228
Lincoln 10 13 8 4 11 16 6 4 3 3 4 1 83
Liverpool 96 78 21 12 36 49 21 20 4 9 2 10 358
London 1,127 873 208 49 465 442 178 70 58 68 46 51 3,635
Luton 111 106 23 2 53 72 24 4 2 10 6 8 421
Maidstone 86 80 19 8 55 62 33 20 5 8 4 3 383
Manchester 216 135 37 10 128 108 47 27 24 36 17 28 813
Middlesbrough 26 36 13 2 16 22 11 9 4 5 5 2 151
Newcastle upon Tyne 93 89 29 15 41 33 16 15 8 15 14 16 384
Norwich 28 25 5 13 15 13 8 2 3 1 2 115
Nottingham 69 66 8 5 49 39 25 6 5 17 11 12 312

DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONAL AND EXECUTIVE REGISTER
ANALYSIS OF AGE AND DURATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTER ON 23RD FEBRUARY, 1970
MEN
Aged under 45 Unemployed (Months) Aged 45–59 Unemployed (Months) Aged 60 and over Unemployed (Months)
Office Up to 2 From 2 to 6 From 6 to 12 Over 12 Up to 2 From 2 to 6 From 6 to 12 Over 12 Up to 2 From 2 to 6 From 6 to 12 Over 12 Total
Oxford 27 27 9 1 10 13 9 1 1 3 1 2 104
Plymouth 53 45 11 4 40 45 26 16 6 1 4 3 254
Portsmouth 41 30 5 27 37 19 9 1 5 3 2 179
Preston 57 57 12 2 48 37 21 11 6 5 8 4 268
Reading 151 94 29 3 92 82 34 27 9 9 6 5 541
Sheffield 62 72 13 4 16 37 li 12 11 17 11 18 284
Southampton 49 39 7 4 39 33 19 5 3 4 1 5 208
Swansea 41 30 7 3 14 24 10 11 4 8 6 4 162
Warrington 39 22 4 2 21 17 5 3 1 3 2 1 120
Wrexham 19 15 5 10 17 8 16 3 2 3 8 106