HC Deb 26 July 1979 vol 971 cc450-1W
Mr. Strang

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many male and female employees there were in the United Kingdom, Scotland and the Edinburgh travel-to-work area in May of each year from 1965; and how many males and females were unemployed, respectively, in each of these months.

Mr. Jim Lester

The first table below gives available estimates of the numbers of employees in employment for the areas specified. Figures are given for the United Kingdom and Scotland for June each year from 1965 to 1978 and for March 1979, the latest date for which they are available. For the Edinburgh travel-to-work area, for which annualJune-estimates are made, information is readily available only from 1971 and the latest is for 1976.

The second table gives corresponding unemployment figures.

TABLE 2 NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED
United Kingdom Scotland Edinburgh Travel-to- Work-Area
Males Females Males Females Males Females
June 1965 … 228,183 70,479 39,135 15,548
June 1966 … 220,580 60,821 36,990 13,283
June 1967 … 404,265 98,649 55,198 18,905
June 1968 … 456,280 85,627 58,248 16,322
June 1969 … 441,334 76,082 57,297 14,022
June 1970 … 474,846 80,491 66,558 15,128
June 1971 … 617,786 106,389 94,366 21,157 9,478 1,308
June 1972 … 675,472 128,784 99,762 25,829 9,649 1,542
June 1973 … 482,970 91,642 72,278 19,080 7,657 1,110
June 1974 … 459,770 81,730 63,344 13,857 7,278 996
June 1975 … 706,626 159,429 76,481 23,299 8,927 1,491
June 1976 … 1,009,442 322,396 105,352 38,782 11,271 2,617
June 1977 … 1,050,807 399,248 126,385 59,833 13,595 4,783
June 1978 … 1,022,944 423,117 124,191 62,959 12,576 5,064
March 1979 … 1,005,494 396,760 123,250 59,747 12,483 4,890
June 1979 … 930,185 413,680 117,479 65,290 11,726 5,062

Mr. Field

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the numbers of unemployed males and females, respectively, aged (a) under 18 years and (b) between 18 and 21 years in Great Britain and in Birkenhead in each year since 1970.

Under 18 years 18–19 years 20–24 years
Males Females Males Females Males Females
Great Britain
July 1970 … … … 20,216 10,969 29,600 11,239 60,601 16,953
July 1971 … … … 31,430 18,050 44,495 16,674 95,363 24,330
July 1972 … … … 34,996 21,923 47,102 21,179 100,856 30,699
July 1973 … … … 16,527 10,520 28,709 14,308 62,524 21,668
July 1974 … … … 21,233 12,132 32,378 15,848 69,753 22,778
July 1975 … … … 61,323 43,694 80,854 46,969 146,950 56,436
July 1976 … … … 146,580 121,780 70,328 51,558 155,175 69,675
July 1977 … … … 166,248 146,456 76,762 66,735 161,334 90,982
July 1978 … … … 159,319 137,042 75,932 68,735 145,221 93,155
April 1979 … … … 38,178 35,079 64,329 53,138 144,472 93,706
Birkenhead
July 1970 … … … 151 25 207 61 461 76
July 1971 … … … 192 105 281 168 509 160
July 1972 … … … 223 176 367 208 817 264
July 1973 … … … 175 117 277 160 591 213
July 1974 … … … 128 83 153 114 586 212
July 1975 … … … 346 310 606 341 1,028 331
July 1976 … … … 752 601 431 343 872 336
July 1977 … … … 658 588 480 389 981 526
July 1978 … … … 799 696 402 345 869 481
April 1979 … … … 245 229 380 275 891 514
The figures prior to July 1976 include adult students not present in the figures for later dates.
The July figures include considerable numbers of school-leavers not present in the figures for April 1979.