HC Deb 22 July 1980 vol 989 cc171-2W
Mr. David Young

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage for the year ending in July of the current year the unemployed represented of the total labour force in the United Kingdom; and what are the comparable figures for each member State of the EEC, Japan and the United States of America.

Mr. Jim Lester

I shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

25. Mr. Winnick

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest total number of registered unemployed.

Mr. Jim Lester

At 10 July the provisional number of people registered as unemployed in the United Kingdom was 1,896,634.

36. Mr. Canavan

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of unemployed in the United Kingdom; and how many of them are under 25 years of age.

Mr. Jim Lester

At 10 July the provisional number of people registered as unemployed in the United Kingdom was 1,896,634. An age analysis of this figure is not yet available, but at 10 April, when 1,522,927 people were unemployed, 551.105 were under 25 years of age.

57. Mr. Flannery

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest unemployment figures and how many unemployed are (a) men, (b) women and (c) school leavers.

Mr. Jim Lester

At 10 July the provisional number of people registered as unemployed in the United Kingdom was 1,896,634 (1,264,613 males and 632,021 females) of whom 295,272 were school leavers under 18 years of age.

18. Mr. Woolmer

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest figures on unemployment and job vacancies; and how they compare with similar figures 12 months previously.

Mr. Prior

At 10 July the provisional number of people registered as unemployed in the United Kingdom was 1,896,634, compared with 1,463,982 at 12 July 1979. The numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled at employment offices and careers offices at 4 July 1980 were 133,409 and 15,650 respectively, compared with 260,302 and 34,226 at 6 July 1979.