§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of all unemployed people and of unemployed registered disabled people, respectively, has been unemployed for over 52 weeks.
§ Mr. John GrantI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that on 8th July, the latest date for which figures are available, 16.4 per cent. of the total number who were registered as unemployed had been unemployed for over 52 weeks. The corresponding figure for unemployed registered disabled people was 49.5 per cent.
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the respective rates of unemployment among registered disabled people and in the total work force, respectively, in each month since February 1976.
§ Mr. John GrantI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the required information is as follows:
UNEMPLOYED Registered disabled people ALL Unemployed people 1976 Per cent. Per cent. 12th February … 13.9 5.5 11th March … 13.9 5.4 8th April … 14.0 5.4 13th May … 14.0 5.3 10th June … 13.8 5.6 8th July … 14.3 6.1 12th August … 14.0 6.3 9th September … 13.9 6.1
§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report details showing the percentage of the insurable population unemployed in each of the regions of the United Kingdom in 1966 and 1976, respectively, or, if not available, at two other similar convenient dates.
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§ Mr. GoldingFollowing is the information:
Unemployment rates September 1966 September 1976 South-East … 0.9 4.6 East Anglia … 1.4 5.0 South-West … 1.7 6.6 West Midlands … 0.9 6.4 East Midlands … 1.1 5.2 Yorkshire and Humberside … 1.2 5.9 North-West … 1.5 7.5 North … 2.7 8.2 Wales … 2.9 7.9 Scotland … 2.7 7.4 Northern Ireland … 5.7 11.4 The unemployment rates are calculated by expressing the numbers registered as unemployed as percentages of the total numbers of employees, including the unemployed. There have been relatively minor changes in the boundaries of some regions between the two dates.