HC Deb 06 December 1972 vol 847 cc455-7W
Mr. Gwynoro Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will publish figures of the number of people in Great Britain who have been un-

(000's)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining and quarrying 2.5
Food, drink and tobacco 2.6
Mechanical engineering 8.1
Vehicles 2.3
Metal goods not elsewhere specified 1.4
All other manufacturing industries 5.3
Construction, gas, electricity and water 4.6
Transport and communication 2.5
Distributive trades 5.8
Insurance, banking, finance and business services 1.6
Professional and scientific services 8.0
Miscellaneous services 4.1
Public administration 2.7
Not classified by industry 0.4
Total 52.8

The following table shows the provisional numbers unemployed at 13th November in the areas covered by the Uxbridge, Lincoln and Sutton employment exchanges analysed according to the industry groups in which the unemployed people last worked:

employed for one year and over, nine to 12 months, six to nine months, three to six months, one to three months and under a month, respectively; and if he will give the figures for each of the economic planning regions;

(2) if he will publish the figures of the number of people in Wales who have been unemployed for over one year, nine to 12 months, six to nine months, three to six months, one to three months, and under a month, respectively.

Up to 4 weeks Over 4 and up to 13 weeks Over 13 and up to 26 weeks Over 26 and up to 39 weeks Over 39 and up to 52 weeks Over 52 weeks
South East 49,750 39,876 21,873 11,564 7,898 22,870
East Anglia 4,572 3,489 1,984 1,052 932 3,826
South West 12,519 9,410 6,059 3,187 2,650 9,586
West Midlands 16,393 19,057 12,267 7,056 5,412 15,825
East Midlands 8,863 9,209 5,163 3,027 2,594 11,001
Yorkshire and Humberside 18,072 18,439 10,949 6,324 4,532 20,183
North West 28,643 33,251 21,390 12,574 8,958 29,279
North 14 980 20,334 11,540 6,285 5,022 21,560
Wales 11,310 11,544 6,791 3,549 2,756 11,140
Scotland 24,237 31,615 22,112 12,397 8,769 32,346
Great Britain 189,339 196,224 120,128 67,015 49,523 177,616