§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will publish a breakdown by industrial classification, sex and age in five-year bands of the current number of unemployed in the Macclesfield and Congleton 193W travel-to-work area, indicating how many have been unemployed for periods of one month, two months, three months, four months, five months, six months, nine months and one year, 18 months and
NUMBERS UNEMPLOYED, EXCEPT ADULT STUDENTS, IN THE MACCLESFIELD AND CONGLETON EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AREAS ANALYSED ACCORDING TO THE INDUSTRY IN WHICH THEY WERE LAST EMPLOYED Macclesfield Congleton Males Females Total Males Females Total Agriculture, forestry and fishing 16 1 17 7 — 7 Mining and quarrying 3 — 3 3 — 3 Food, drink and tobacco 5 1 6 13 — 13 Coal and petroleum products — — — 1 — 1 Chemicals and allied industries 25 4 29 5 1 6 Metal manufacture 4 — 4 2 — 2 Mechanical engineering 77 11 88 13 1 14 Instrument engineering — — — 1 — 1 Electrical engineering 6 4 10 7 3 10 Shipbuilding and marine engineering 1 — 1 — — — Vehicles 3 1 4 4 1 5 Metal goods not elsewhere specified 19 2 21 5 6 11 Textiles 140 48 188 29 10 39 Leather, leather goods and fur 1 — 1 — — — Clothing and footwear 12 9 21 6 11 17 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 10 — 10 2 2 4 Timber, furniture, etc. 9 — 9 3 — 3 Paper, printing and publishing 35 10 45 10 3 13 Other manufacturing industries 13 5 18 3 2 5 Construction 194 9 203 67 — 67 Gas, electricity and water 11 1 12 3 — 3 Transport and communication 49 6 55 13 2 15 Distributive trades 73 39 112 24 13 37 Insurance, banking, finance and business services 35 10 45 5 — 5 Professional and scientific services 38 42 80 6 10 16 Miscellaneous services 69 29 98 15 8 23 Public administration and defence 36 5 41 3 2 5 Not classified by industry 86 40 126 22 10 32 All Industries and Services 970 277 1,247 272 85 357
NUMBERS UNEMPLOYED, EXCEPT ADULT STUDENTS, IN THE MACCLESFIELD EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AREA ANALYSED BY AGE AND BY THE LENGTH OF TIME UNEMPLOYED 16–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65 and over Males Up to 4 weeks 34 32 22 12 15 7 7 8 6 13 1 Over 4 and up to 8 25 24 35 15 18 6 19 10 6 15 — Over 8 and up to 13 17 22 20 14 16 9 4 4 6 8 — Over 13 and up to 26 35 43 38 20 13 13 11 10 14 24 1 Over 26 and up to 39 5 12 14 6 11 6 8 9 4 13 — Over 39 and up to 52 7 8 11 1 5 3 2 6 5 11 — Over 52 1 14 12 10 12 9 15 22 25 35 1 Total 119 155 152 78 90 53 66 69 66 119 3 Females Up to 4 weeks 22 22 5 — 3 5 6 5 2 — — Over 4 and up to 8 9 6 4 3 1 10 4 4 4 — — Over 8 and up to 13 15 14 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 — — Over 13 and up to 26 18 13 8 3 3 3 4 5 10 — — Over 26 and up to 39 6 9 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 — — Over 39 and up to 52 1 3 1 1 1 — 4 1 1 — — Over 52 — 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 3 — — Total 71 68 22 12 12 22 25 23 22 — — The age analysis does not distinguish separately those registered for four months or five months or for specific periods in excess of one year.
194Wover 24 months, respectively, at the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. John FraserFollowing is the information available at January 1976: 195W
NUMBERS UNEMPLOYED, EXCEPT ADULT STUDENTS, IN THE CONGLETON EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AREA ANALYSED BY AGE AND BY THE LENGTH OF TIME UNEMPLOYED 16–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65 and over Males Up to 4 weeks 6 6 6 9 3 2 4 6 — 8 — Over 4 and up to 8 6 7 9 2 1 3 5 3 1 3 — Over 8 and up to 13 4 3 5 4 — 3 3 4 1 2 — Over 13 and up to 26 10 7 4 9 2 3 3 6 2 7 — Over 26 and up to 39 3 3 — 2 1 — 3 — 4 5 — Over 39 and up to 52 — 2 3 2 4 2 1 2 1 4 — Over 52 1 4 1 6 6 2 2 8 3 25 — Total 30 32 28 34 17 15 21 29 12 54 — Females Up to 4 weeks 9 4 7 — — 1 — 2 3 — — Over 4 and up to 8 2 4 — 1 — 1 1 4 2 — — Over 8 and up to 13 5 5 3 1 1 — 1 — 1 — — Over 13 and up to 26 6 1 2 1 — — — — — — — Over 26 and up to 39 6 1 1 — — — 2 — 2 — — Over 39 and up to 52 — 1 — — — — — 1 1 — — Over 52 1 — — — — — — — 1 — — Total 29 16 13 3 1 2 4 7 10 — — See footnote to previous table