§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is the number of females over 40 years of age who have been unemployed for eight or more weeks for each year since 1945;
(2) what is the number of females aged 60 years and over who have been unemployed for eight or more weeks for each year since 1945;
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(4) what is the number of females under 25 years of age who have been unemployed for eight or more weeks for each year since 1945;
(5) what is the number of females aged between 50 and 60 years who have been unemployed for eight or more weeks for each year since 1945;
(6) what is the number of males under 20 years of age who have been unemployed for eight or more weeks for each year since 1945;
(7) what is the number of males under 25 years of age who have been unemployed for eight or more weeks for each year since 1945;
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UNEMPLOYED FOR MORE THAN 8 WEEKS: GREAT BRITAIN Females Under 20* 20 to 24* 25 to 39* 40 to 49* 50 to 54* 55 to 59* 60 and over Total June 1949 … … 1,728 9,934 7,965 2,042 21,669 June 1950 … … 2,916 12,603 7,049 3,757 2,583 164 29,072 June 1951 … … 1,956 9,491 5,393 3,293 2,578 229 22,940 June 1952 … … 4,206 21,489 10,605 6,424 5,579 424 48,727 June 1953 … … 2,997 19,104 8,686 5,870 5,802 330 42,789 June 1954 … … 2,333 15,788 6,645 4,474 4,761 307 34,308 June 1955 … … 1,498 4,710 7,254 4,655 3,244 3,595 235 25,171 June 1956 … … 1,455 4,557 7,090 4,541 3,103 3,593 232 24,571 June 1957 … … 2,090 5,666 10,361 6,633 4,193 4,331 523 33,797 June 1958 … … 3,927 8,448 13,730 8,635 5,555 5,741 650 46,686 June 1959 … … 4,624 10,800 16,824 10,800 7,324 7,592 744 58,708 June 1960 … … 2,617 7,149 11,904 7,999 5,772 6,701 1,543 43,685 June 1961 … … 2,403 5,630 9,533 6,322 4,348 5,107 461 33,804 July 1962 … … 4,182 7,672 12,439 8,065 4,929 5,530 572 43,389 July 1963 … … 7,857 11,049 15,226 9,892 6,402 6,942 674 58,042 July 1964 … … 3,522 7,007 9,625 6,726 4,568 5,472 500 37,420 July 1965 … … 2,703 5,221 7,327 5,408 3,819 4,592 367 29,437 July 1966 … … 2,325 3,815 5,692 4,773 3,141 4,091 296 24,133 July 1967 … … 5,941 7,875 10,169 8,136 5,271 6,199 426 44,017 July 1968 … … 4,466 6,641 8,098 7,070 4,838 6,071 350 37,534 July 1969 … … 3,796 5,479 6,644 6,354 4,455 5,816 354 32,898 July 1970 … … 4,787 6,114 6,899 6,661 4,829 6,626 303 36,219 July 1971 … … 9,300 9,354 9,836 8,580 6,116 8,112 374 51,672 July 1972 … … 14,690 13,200 13,391 9,906 7,410 9,510 348 68,455 July 1973 … … 7,509 8,895 9,359 6,746 6,073 7,896 266 46,744 July 1974 … … 6,261 7,562 8,660 5,707 5,286 6,600 286 40,362 * For June 1949, 1950 and 1951 the figures relate to slightly different groups. For these years the ages covered are: 20 and under, 21 to 40, 41 to 50, 51 to 55, 56 to 59 and 60 and over. For some years only combined figures are available for certain age groups. (8) what is the number of males aged between 55 and 65 years who have been unemployed for eight or more weeks for each year since 1945;
(9) what is the number of males aged 65 years and over who have been unemployed for eight or more weeks for each year since 1945;
(10) what is the number of males over 40 years of age who have been unemployed for eight or more weeks for each year since 1945.
§ Mr. John FraserThe following table shows an analysis by age of those unemployed for more than eight weeks. The most recent information is for July 1974 and the earliest figures, on a broadly comparable basis, are for June 1949. From 1962 the figures are for July each year and for earlier years for June.
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Males Under 20* 20 to 24* 25 to 39* 40 to 49* 50 to 54* 55 to 59* 60 to 64* 65 and over Total June 1949 … … 3,105 26,940 34,805 34,877 99,727 June 1950 … … 3,996 25,285 21,005 14,034 32,741 1,287 98,348 June 1951 … … 1,456 13,010 13,105 9,368 24,508 1,431 62,878 June 1952 … … 1,848 18,640 15,387 10,523 28,060 1,831 76,289 June 1953 … … 2,157 23,500 18,002 12,611 31,807 2,619 90,696 June 1954 … … 1,857 17,542 14,600 10,320 27,592 2,262 74,173 June 1955 … … 1,198 2,183 9,005 10,471 7,953 23,079 1,528 55,417 June 1956 … … 1,259 2,512 10,641 10,620 7,999 23,537 1,709 58,277 June 1957 … … 2,604 5,104 19,662 16,299 11,523 30,368 2,889 88,445 June 1958 … … 5,751 10,896 37,252 25,207 16,084 39,566 3,449 138,209 June 1959 … … 8,355 12,844 45,607 30,099 19,133 49,009 3,872 168,913 June 1960 … … 4,134 6,170 30,148 22,186 14,923 47,342 3,540 128,443 June 1961 … … 2,731 4,662 23,329 18,476 12,253 15,354 27,709 1,829 106,347 July 1962 … … 6,962 10,910 40,983 26,634 15,036 17,826 32,013 2,153 152,518 July 1963 … … 12,024 13,576 53,921 35,934 19,625 22,315 39,538 2,475 199,404 July 1964 … … 5,012 6,243 29,317 23,271 14,151 18,022 39,694 1,604 137,313 July 1965 … … 3,347 4,724 21,577 18,576 11,493 15,286 39,124 1,216 115,345 July 1966 … … 3,233 4,581 19,518 17,301 10,376 13,889 38,181 986 108,061 July 1967 … … 10,762 18,141 57,661 39,242 18,933 22,718 51,482 1,482 220,425 July 1968 … … 10,668 20,527 65,022 46,475 21,850 27,765 63,863 1,325 257,495 July 1969 … … 9,036 17,316 52,279 42,490 20,156 29,716 71,451 1,201 243,647 July 1970 … … 11,748 21,415 57,799 45,352 21,409 32,315 77,626 1,053 268,717 July 1971 … … 24,099 40,757 91,898 62,956 29,654 37,935 86,715 1,253 375,269 July 1972 … … 30,036 48,961 110,120 72,360 35,371 42,487 98,226 1,556 439,117 July 1973 … … 13,104 25,687 65,753 48,467 27,540 33,417 89,014 1,026 304,008 July 1974 … … 11,700 25,503 65,745 42,821 26,033 29,204 79,859 933 281,798 * For June 1949, 1950 and 1951 the figures relate to slightly different groups. For these years the ages covered are: 20 and under, 21 to 40, 41 to 50, 51 to 55, 56 to 64 and 65 and over. For some years only combined figures are available for certain age groups.
§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will print in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of unemployed (a) males, and (b) females aged over 40 years, and express this figure as a percentage of employees in each of the major administrative regions in Great Britain for each year since 1945.
NUMBERS UNEMPLOYED AGED 40 AND OVER Males July 1965 July 1966 July 1967 July 1968 July 1969 South East … … 30,166 26,522 47,110 52,455 51,076 East Anglia … … 3,365 5,073 5,464 5,550 South West … … … 8,955 9,308 13,400 14,657 16,372 West Midlands … … … 6,067 5,799 14,720 18,390 17,717 East Midlands … … … 5,549 5,612 9,513 11,400 12,823 Yorkshire and Humberside … 8,683 8,322 14,410 20,958 21,578 North West … … … 17,831 15,335 24,631 28,088 28,756 North … … … 12,519 12,284 19,165 26,309 28,136 Wales … … … 9,065 9,339 13,615 14,890 15,465 Scotland … … … 21,263 20,160 27,059 29,279 29,194 428W
Males July 1970 July 1971 July 1972 July 1973 July 1974 South East … … … 54,530 64,365 69,168 52,894 49,688 East Anglia … … … 5,965 8,401 7,968 6,070 6,105 South West … … … 16,829 18,903 20,099 16,624 18,423 West Midlands … … … 18,887 26,381 30,900 20,887 19,015 East Midlands … … … 14,980 18,511 18,768 14,635 14,945 Yorkshire and Humberside … 24,832 31,008 32,456 24,966 22,186 North West … … … 31,712 40,415 47,850 38,608 34,534 North … … … 27,521 29,533 31,038 25,946 23,904 Wales … … … 15,146 16,928 17,588 14,136 13,802 Scotland … … … 32,547 40,854 43,040 35,295 31,136
§ Mr. John FraserRevised standard regions for statistical purposes were introduced in 1965 and comprehensive analyses of the unemployed for broadly comparable regional areas are available only from that date. The following table shows, for each year from 1965, the numbers of unemployed people aged 40 and over at July and the percentage they form of all employees, including the unemployed at mid-year.
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Females July 1965 July 1966 July 1967 July 1968 July 1969 South East … … 4,443 3,505 6,204 5,805 5,399 East Anglia … … 347 628 576 577 South West … … … 1,200 1,323 1,837 1,736 1,933 West Midlands … … … 1,406 1,378 2,797 2,331 2,194 East Midlands … … … 870 855 1,452 1,232 1,286 Yorkshire and Humberside … 1,614 1,403 2,239 2,394 2,224 North West … … … 3,695 2,877 5,098 3,981 3,439 North … … … 2,159 1,818 2,413 2,416 2,415 Wales … … … 2,094 2,006 2,526 2,191 2,019 Scotland … … … 4,887 4,591 5,768 5,135 5,033
Females July 1970 July 1971 July 1972 July 1973 July 1974 South East … … … 5,380 6,356 7,016 5,111 4,872 East Anglia … … … 542 888 867 624 608 South West … … … 1,965 2,237 2,233 1,689 1,714 West Midlands … … … 2,567 3,232 3,719 2,679 2,305 East Midlands … … … 1,541 1,904 1,897 1,426 1,459 Yorkshire and Humberside … 2,424 3,334 3,551 2,688 2,161 North West … … … 3,721 4,989 5,856 3,882 3,490 North … … … 2,385 2,720 2,877 2,524 2,416 Wales … … … 1,861 2,168 2,193 1,788 1,702 Scotland … … … 5,413 6,490 7,285 5,685 4,464
UNEMPLOYED AGED 40 AND OVER AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING THE UNEMPLOYED Males July 1965 July 1966 July 1967 July 1968 July 1969 South East … … … 0.6 0.5 1.0 1.1 1.1 East Anglia … … 0.8 1.3 1.4 1.3 South West … … … 1.0 1.1 1.5 1.7 1.9 West Midlands … … … 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.2 1.2 East Midlands … … … 0.6 0.6 1.0 1.2 1.4 Yorkshire and Humberside … 0.6 0.6 1.1 1.6 1.7 North West … … … 1.0 0.8 1.3 1.5 1.6 North … … … 1.4 1.4 2.2 3.1 3.3 Wales … … … 1.3 1.4 2.0 2.3 2.4 Scotland … … … 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.2 2.2
Males July 1970 July 1971 July 1972 July 1973 July 1974 South East … … … 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.1 East Anglia … … … 1.4 2.1 2.0 1.5 1.5 South West … … … 2.0 2.2 2.3 1.9 1.9 West Midlands … … … 1.3 1.8 2.2 1.5 1.3 East Midlands … … … 1.7 2.1 2.1 1.6 1.6 Yorkshire and Humberside … 1.9 2.5 2.6 2.0 1.8 North West … … … 1.8 2.3 2.7 2.2 2.0 North … … … 3.2 3.5 3.7 3.1 2.9 Wales … … … 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.1 2.1 Scotland … … … 2.5 3.1 3.3 2.7 2.4 430W431W
Females July 1965 July 1966 July 1967 July 1968 July 1969 South East … … 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 East Anglia … … 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 South West … … … 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 West Midlands … … … 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 East Midlands … … … 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 Yorkshire and Humberside … 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 North West … … … 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 North … … … 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 Wales … … … 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 Scotland … … … 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 Females July 1970 July 1971 July 1972 July 1973 July 1974 South East … … … 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 East Anglia … … … 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 South West … … … 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 West Midlands … … … 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 East Midlands … … … 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 Yorkshire and Humberside … 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 North West … … … 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 North … … … 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 Wales … … … 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 Scotland … … … 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.5 The figures for July 1974 relate to revised regions which differ slightly from those previously in use
§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will print in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of unemployed men and the number of vacancies for each year since 1945; and if he will express the number of unemployed as a proportion of the number of vacancies;
(2) if he will print in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of unemployed women and the number of vacancies for each year since 1945; and if he will
UNEMPLOYED AND NOTIFIED UNFILLED VACANCIES: GREAT BRITAIN Males Females Unemployed Notified unfilled vacancies Unemployed per 100 vacancies Unemployed Notified unfilled vacancies Unemployed per 100 vacancies October— 1948 … 230,786 188,936 122 78,179 212,129 37 1949 … 215,664 176,280 122 78,286 190,403 41 1950 … 201,870 195,019 104 95,530 158,724 60 1951 … 140,203 244,702 57 94,251 126,507 75 1952 … 210,214 144,397 146 140,457 91,967 153 1953 … 187,120 153,091 122 111,834 123,143 91 1954 … 153,494 192,801 80 89,984 146,748 61 1955 … 127,784 225,505 57 74,278 175,911 42 1956 … 151,339 177,193 85 88,002 140,973 62 1957 … 184,162 139,644 132 82,868 134,770 62 1958 … 321,002 88,292 364 130,163 78,394 166 1959 … 293,076 125,201 234 114,425 121,296 94 1960 … 224,375 174,801 128 88,836 149,623 59 1961 … 233,588 155,523 150 88,939 133,706 67 1962 … 345,882 82,718 418 121,730 93,118 131 1963 … 341,693 105,899 323 120,045 109,347 110 1964 … 252,574 167,405 151 87,725 157,416 56 1965 … 233,784 194,942 120 75,417 177,581 43 1966 … 292,217 155,825 188 82,422 145,470 57 1967 … 429,284 122,245 351 102,363 118,818 86 1968 … 450,104 127,494 353 88,658 140,287 63 1969 … 455,990 136,977 333 86,610 134,870 64 1970 … 483,110 129,035 374 93,155 115,304 81 1971 … 684,352 82,723 827 134,931 76,467 177 1972 … 654,853 118,905 551 137,266 93,616 147 1973 … 427,380 286,714 149 82,250 199,579 41 1974(i)* … 488,088 182,930 267 89,927 116,126 77 1974(ii)* … 20,555 38,809 53 13,965 37,654 37 (i) Employment Offices. (ii) Careers Offices. * The figures for a small proportion of offices are estimated. From 1974, where a vacancy is notified by an employer to both an Employment Office and a Careers Office it will be included in both counts: for this reason the two counts are not added to give a figure of total notified vacancies.