§ Mr. Cowansasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average number of insured workers registering each week as wholly unemployed in the Newcastle upon Tyne, Central employment exchange area; and 473W how this compares with similar rates in the three previous years.
§ Mr. GoldingThe numbers registered as unemployed are counted on a selected day in each month. The following table shows the numbers unemployed in the area covered by the Newcastle upon Tyne
NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN THE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AREA … … … … 1974 1975 1976 1977 January … … … … 5,762 — 9,895 9,664 February … … … … 5,840 6,510 8,594 10,063 March … … … … 5,722 6,427 8,445 9,823 April … … … … 5,710 6715 8,433 10,120 May … … … … 5,659 6,659 8,686 — June … … … … 5,455 6,836 9,448 — July … … … … 5,921 7,442 10,642 — August … … … … 7,526 9,789 10,491 — September … … … … 6,942 9,185 10,071 — October … … … … 6,148 8,609 9,647 — November … … … … 5,872 8,352 — — December … … … … — 8,307 — —
§ Mr. Cowansasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many persons under 18 years of age are registered as unemployed in the Newcastle upon Tyne, Central employment exchange area, at the latest available date; and how this compares with similar dates for the three previous years;
(2) how many men in the Newcastle upon Tyne, Central employment exchange area aged between 50 and 60 years and between 60 and 64 years are registered as unemployed at the latest date for which statistics are available, and how this compares with a similar date for the previous three years.
§ Mr. GoldingAt January 1977, the latest date for which an analysis by age is available, the numbers registered as unemployed in the Newcastle upon Tyne employment office area included 1,563 young people under 18 years of age, 1,604 men aged 50 to 59 years and 1,256 men aged 60 to 64 years. The corresponding figures for January 1976 were 1,172, 1,420 and 1,368. Because of the energy crisis in January 1974 and industrial action by staff in the Department of Employment Group in January 1975 information for these two dates is not available.