§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of boys and girls, respectively, registered as unemployed nationally and in each region in each quarter from March 1971 to the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. BoothThe following table shows the available information. Following the reorganisation of the employment services, which came into effect in April 1974, separate statistics of unemployed young people aged under 18 are normally compiled half-yearly only, in January and July.
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North-West North Wales Scotland Great Britain Boys, aged under 18 January 1973 … 5,738 3,825 1,947 6,073 28,127 April 1973 … 3,745 2,162 1,145 3,766 17,062 July 1973 … 3,535 2,050 891 4,465 16,527 October 1973 … 2,610 1,417 835 1,882 12,102 January 1974 … 2,489 1,234 936 3,644 14,531 July 1974 … 3,632 2,741 1,214 6,676 21,233 January 1975 … Not available—see footnote. Girls, aged under 18 April 1971 … 2,227 2,012 1,440 2,837 15,575 July 1971 … 2,581 2,151 1,547 4,854 18,050 October 1971 … 3,835 3,379 2,265 4,059 24,332 January 1972 … 3,448 2,762 1,896 5,072 21,960 April 1972 … 3,961 2,928 1,836 4,119 22,749 July 1972 … 3,949 2,765 1,608 5,476 21,923 October 1972 … 4,831 3,809 2,042 4,382 25,323 January 1973 … 3,653 2,598 1,573 3,692 18,925 April 1973 … 2,570 1,643 1,047 2,413 12,397 July 1973 … 2,167 1,517 732 2,221 10,520 October 1973 … 1,742 1,156 779 1,324 8,748 January 1974 … 1,647 1,063 776 2,545 10,077 July 1974 … 2,037 1,667 839 3,091 12,132 January 1975 … Not available—see footnote. Note: An age analysis of the numbers unemployed was not made in January 1975 because of industrial action at local offices of the Employment Service Agency.
§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of the total number of persons registered as unemployed was aged between 18 and 25 years in each quarter from March 1971 to the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. BoothThe following table shows the available information. Statistics of unemployed people aged 18 and under 25 are normally compiled for January and July each year. Owing to industrial action at local offices of the Employment Service Agency figures for January 1975 are not available.
UNEMPLOYED AGED 18 AND UNDER 25 AS A PERCENTAGE OF ALL UNEMPLOYED: GREAT BRITAIN July 1971 … … … 24.4 January 1972 … … … 24.1 July 1972 … … … 24.7 January 1973 … … … 24.4 July 1973 … … … 22.7 January 1974 … … … Not available— see footnote July 1974 … … … 24.5 In January 1974 the normal detailed figures were not collected due to the emergency situation.
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§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average duration of unemployment for individuals registered as unemployed in each quarter since March 1971 to the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. BoothI regret that the information requested is not available. However, for people on the register on the day of the count, an analysis of the duration of their unemployment until then is compiled at quarterly intervals. The following table shows this information for April 1971 and subsequent dates, except that the analysis was not made in January 1974 because of the emergency situation and in January 1975 because of industrial action at local offices of the Employment Service Agency. The figures for October 1974 include estimates for some offices.
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DURATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN WEEKS April 1971 July 1971 October 1971 January 1972 April 1972 July 1972 One or less … … 71,978 72,856 69,323 69,699 74,550 74,493 Over 1 and up to 2 … … 52,333 62,879 62,990 60,636 40,523 62,663 Over 2 and up to 3 … … 41,841 42,999 47,906 27,018 50,940 41,979 Over 3 and up to 4 … … 33,403 34,492 40,741 38,283 37,885 31,846 Over 4 and up to 5 … … 30,442 29,490 35,879 36,834 31,575 27,807 Over 5 and up to 6 … … 29,714 31,475 37,967 37,698 30,489 28,690 Over 6 and up to 7 … … 23,448 18,714 21,331 33,411 27,470 16,396 Over 7 and up to 8 … … 21,507 20,987 23,771 29,646 25,597 19,187 Over 8 and up to 9 … … 20,850 20,002 22,822 28,926 24,920 18,614 Over 9 and up to 13 … … 70,429 71,748 76,670 102,426 82,243 61,924 Over 13 and up to 26 … … 123,289 115,100 138,617 180,467 174,950 123,742 Over 26 and up to 39 … … 61,789 63,128 65,827 89,499 105,171 81,349 Over 39 and up to 52 … … 34,497 38,955 42,288 48,001 61,011 57,941 Over 52 … … 111,782 118,006 129,909 141,973 157,181 164,002
October 1972 January 1973 April 1973 July 1973 October 1973 January 1974 One or less … … 61,288 62,507 60,600 57,904 46,975 .. Over 1 and up to 2 … … 54,280 45,644 54,327 43,643 39,036 .. Over 2 and up to 3 … … 38,830 28,693 39,720 28,205 26,694 .. Over 3 and up to 4 … … 34,941 39,928 26,724 21,708 22,937 .. Over 4 and up to 5 … … 31,220 30,133 21,383 18,024 20,078 .. Over 5 and up to 6 … … 32,294 26,852 19,698 18,180 20,188 .. Over 6 and up to 7 … … 18,506 23,816 16,833 10,523 10,677 .. Over 7 and up to 8 … … 21,398 22,066 16,109 12,386 12,164 .. Over 8 and up to 9 … … 21,388 22,253 15,115 11,509 11,241 .. Over 9 and up to 13 … … 71,418 72,435 52,265 36,379 36,397 .. Over 13 and up to 26 … … 120,128 134,012 103,342 73,144 65,311 .. Over 26 and up to 39 … … 67,015 67,205 66,171 44,374 36,312 .. Over 39 and up to 52 … … 49,523 43,501 39,102 34,440 25,746 .. Over 52 … … 177,616 176,913 168,309 150,906 142,523 ..
April 1974 July 1974 October 1974 January 1975 April 1975 One or less … … 70,817 70,093 53,699 .. 54,206 Over 1 and up to 2 … … 65,292 52,891 51,419 .. 86,703 Over 2 and up to 3 … … 48,515 34,560 39,224 .. 56,869 Over 3 and up to 4 … … 30,679 25,403 30,497 .. 85,004 Over 4 and up to 5 … … 21,119 21,019 26,181 .. 41,276 Over 5 and up to 6 … … 19,622 21,578 24,538 .. 33,231 Over 6 and up to 7 … … 17,031 12,381 24,592 .. 31,416 Over 7 and up to 8 … … 16,350 13,535 13,496 .. 26,523 Over 8 and up to 9 … … 15,382 13,136 16,158 .. 23,463 Over 9 and up to 13 … … 52,150 39,153 54,776 .. 84,908 Over 13 and up to 26 … … 93,335 76,559 88,332 .. 147,926 Over 26 and up to 39 … … 46,679 42,138 42,864 .. 74,391 Over 39 and up to 52 … … 24,864 27,251 29,138 .. 38,865 Over 52 … … 131,938 123,923 127,720 .. 135,639
§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average duration of unemployment for boys and girls registered as unemployed in each quarter since March 1971 to the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. BoothI regret that the information requested is not available. However, for people on the register on the day of the count an analysis is made of the duration of their unemployment until then. For290W boys and girls aged under 18, the analysis was made quarterly up to April 1974, and six-monthly thereafter, following the reorganisation of the employment services. The following table shows this information for April 1971 and subsequent dates except that the analysis was not made in January 1974 because of the emergency situation and in January 1975 because of industrial action at local offices of the Employment Service Agency.
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Duration of unemployment in weeks April 1971 July 1971 October 1971 January 1972 April 1972 July 1972 October 1972 One or less … … … 11,332 12,571 9,573 9,927 12,384 13,226 8,453 Over 1 and up to 2 … … … 5,371 10,007 7,629 6,490 7,600 9,948 7,157 Over 2 and up to 3 … … … 3,657 4,429 5,866 2,980 5,604 4,919 5,366 Over 3 and up to 4 … … … 2,862 3,055 4,609 3,500 3,305 3,381 4,417 Over 4 and up to 5 … … … 2,238 2,541 4,083 3,140 2,889 2,792 4,004 Over 5 and up to 6 … … … 1,883 2,182 3,686 2,717 2,393 2,323 3,557 Over 6 and up to 7 … … … 1,498 1,390 2,373 2,521 2,171 1,520 2,332 Over 7 and up to 8 … … … 1,289 1,420 2,451 2,229 2,001 1,530 2,612 Over 8 and up to 9 … … … 1,146 1,215 2,418 1,892 1,854 1,362 2,712 Over 9 and up to 13 … … … 3,355 3,764 11,003 5,828 5,415 4,124 11,788 Over 13 and up to 26 … … … 3,819 4,461 6,687 9,872 7,756 6,456 7,579 Over 26 and up to 39 … … … 1,325 1,428 1,954 2,938 3,996 2,471 2,677 Over 39 and up to 52 … … … 443 595 744 1,024 1,464 1,724 1,260 Over 52 weeks … … … 343 422 582 769 1,064 1,143 1,452
January 1973 April 1973 July 1973 October 1973 January 1974 July 1974 January 1975 One or less … … … 8,227 5,197 7,006 4,361 .. 9,866 .. Over 1 and up to 2 … … … 4,419 3,795 5,330 3,194 .. 6,822 .. Over 2 and up to 3 … … … 2,591 2,543 2,423 2,135 .. 3,919 .. Over 3 and up to 4 … … … 3,210 1,890 1,841 1,567 .. 2,386 .. Over 4 and up to 5 … … … 2,636 1,568 1,396 1,371 .. 1,588 .. Over 5 and up to 6 … … … 2,169 1,301 1,118 1,074 .. 1,508 .. Over 6 and up to 7 … … … 1,968 1,055 627 660 .. 888 .. Over 7 and up to 8 … … … 1,610 947 740 639 .. 834 .. Over 8 and up to 9 … … … 1,610 799 562 568 .. 665 .. Over 9 and up to 13 … … … 4,557 2,577 1,646 2,252 .. 1,940 .. Over 13 and up to 26 … … … 8,728 3,547 2,187 1,815 .. 1,832 .. Over 26 and up to 39 … … … 2,674 2,296 781 487 .. 576 .. Over 39 and up to 52 … … … 1,305 917 708 239 .. 256 .. Over 52 weeks … … … 1,357 1,027 682 488 .. 285 ..