§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many men and women, respectively, have been registered as unemployed for three years or more at the latest count, and for similar counts during each of the past five years;
(2) how many men and women, respectively, have been registered as unemployed for 12 months or more as at the latest count and for similar counts during each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 3 April 1980]: Information from the quarterly duration analysis for Great Britain giving those registered as unemployed for 52 weeks and over is in the following table for January each year from 1976 but is not available for January 1975. The analyses for January 1979 and earlier dates do not distinguish separately those registered for 156 weeks and over.
at about 20,000. For this reason, figures for earlier dates are not strictly comparable with those for October 1979 and later dates.