§ Mr. Dodsworthasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish an analysis of the latest available unemployment figures for Hertfordshire, showing
COUNTY OF HERTFORDSHIRE Duration of unemployment Ages of the unemployed 16–17 years 18–19 years 20–24 years 25–29 years 30–34 year 35–39 years One week or less … 119 128 215 125 75 72 Over 1 and up to 2 weeks … 87 140 236 106 89 46 Over 2 and up to 3 weeks … 51 57 90 53 49 25 Over 3 and up to 4 weeks … 61 78 136 86 47 30 Over 4 and up to 5 weeks … 55 72 130 78 45 33 Over 5 and up to 6 weeks … 63 66 134 72 32 42 Over 6 and up to 7 weeks … 35 54 105 66 43 34 Over 7 and up to 8 weeks … 39 55 95 69 38 19 Over 8 and up to 9 weeks … 39 59 82 62 43 35 Over 9 and up to 13 weeks … 135 173 324 162 113 91 Over 13 and up to 26 weeks … 186 262 510 328 199 190 Over 26 and up to 39 weeks … 93 91 224 150 112 87 Over 39 and up to 52 weeks … 13 32 79 73 65 51 Over 52 weeks … 13 44 133 150 99 77 TOTAL … 989 1,311 2,493 1,580 1,049 832
Ages of the unemployed Duration of unemployment 40–44 year 45–49 year 50–54 year 55–59 year 60–64 year 65 years and over Total One week or less … 43 35 40 33 39 2 926 Over 1 and up to 2 weeks … 48 33 39 45 88 3 960 Over 2 and up to 3 weeks … 20 15 9 14 21 1 405 Over 3 and up to 4 weeks … 41 28 28 16 23 1 575 Over 4 and up to 5 weeks … 36 26 25 30 29 1 560 Over 5 and up to 6 weeks … 27 22 34 24 30 — 546 Over 6 and up to 7 weeks … 20 22 30 18 51 2 480 Over 7 and up to 8 weeks … 31 28 21 17 38 1 451 Over 8 and up to 9 weeks … 29 27 32 26 28 — 462 Over 9 and up to 13 weeks … 80 86 92 88 155 5 1,504 Over 13 and up to 26 weeks … 140 145 151 153 369 10 2,643 Over 26 and up to 39 weeks … 68 72 84 85 360 5 1,431 Over 39 and up to 52 weeks … 51 38 57 76 206 1 742 Over 52 weeks … 90 116 154 179 494 13 1,562 TOTAL … 724 693 796 804 1,931 45 13,247