HC Deb 04 July 1979 vol 969 cc604-6W
Mr. Foster

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the number of long-term unemployed for each region in the United Kingdom, cate gorised by age and sex

Mr. Jim Lester

The following table gives for 5 April, the latest date for which the quarterly analysis is available, the numbers of people in each region of the United Kingdom who had been registered as unemployed for more than 52 weeks, analysed by age group and sex.

MALES
Age Group South-East East Anglia South-West West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside North-West North Wales Scotland Northern Ireland United Kingdom
Under 18 … … … 143 23 80 119 62 109 622 174 89 450 228 2,099
18 … … … … 276 50 114 232 102 187 776 309 164 342 324 2,876
19 … … … … 559 57 218 505 228 477 1,286 659 305 851 445 5,590
20–24 … … … … 3,639 387 1,320 2,463 1,158 2,291 5,425 2,856 1,741 3,714 1,931 26,925
25–29 … … … … 4,177 440 1,679 2,424 1,224 2,164 5,299 2,636 1,912 3,426 2,040 27,421
30–34 … … … … 4,377 448 1,593 2,374 1,193 1,998 4,929 2,560 1,901 3,348 2,180 26,901
35–44 … … … … 7,523 772 2,728 4,201 2,357 3,690 8,336 4,161 2,948 6,463 3,699 46,878
45–49 … … … … 3,947 487 1,448 2,357 1,354 2,313 4,420 2,497 1,416 3,428 1,588 25,255
50–54 … … … … 4,851 667 1,917 2,830 1,634 2,735 4,730 3,065 1,691 3,605 1,447 29,172
55–59 … … … … 6,973 1,008 2,988 3,322 2,095 3,409 5,132 3,740 2,108 3,746 1,327 35,848
60 and over … … … 14,301 2,035 6,150 5,855 4,938 6,815 7,464 5,956 3,772 5,840 1,445 64,571
FEMALES
Age Group South-East East Anglia South-West West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside North-West North Wales Scotland Northern Ireland United Kingdom
Under 18 … … … 191 35 98 187 121 163 591 222 141 362 125 2,236
18 … … … … 262 33 153 301 115 247 633 306 173 270 177 2,670
19 … … … … 437 50 204 493 214 559 762 580 273 562 194 4,328
20–24 … … … … 1,730 211 902 1,580 695 1,353 2,425 1,648 987 2,072 661 14,264
25–29 … … … … 1,096 120 475 803 388 599 1,345 854 582 1,274 358 7,894
30–34 … … … … 812 86 338 494 294 445 755 527 421 835 280 5,287
35–44 … … … … 1,475 194 588 929 486 679 1,312 759 589 1,456 411 8,878
45–49 … … … … 1,185 138 488 649 318 555 899 561 426 915 257 6,391
50–54 … … … … 1,700 212 690 860 515 822 1,232 817 489 1,173 355 8,865
55–59 … … … … 2,585 346 1,052 1,123 633 1,078 1,623 973 633 1,379 408 11,833
60 and over … … … 119 6 39 53 28 40 92 25 24 67 36 529