§ Mr. Ray Powellasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the unemployment figures for (a) males, (b) females. (c) boys, (d) girls and (e) students in the Barnet, Finchley area.
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 8 August 1980, c. 404]: The following table gives for 10 July the numbers of registered unemployed people under 18 years of age, and aged 18 years and over in the area covered by the Barnet, Finchley, Hendon and Burnt Oak employment offices.
Males Females Total Aged under 18 years 225 192 417 Aged 18 years and over 3,328 1,239 4,567 Students are not included in the unemployment statistics. Those aged 18 and over who registered in order to obtain vacational employment numbered 577–334 males and 243 females—any
At employment offices At careers offices Agriculture, forestry and fishing … 2 1 Food, drink and tobacco … 26 2 Chemical and allied industries … 4 — Metal manufacture … — 1 Mechanical engineering … 74 3 Instrument engineering … 31 6 Electrical engineering … 36 4 Vehicles … 38 1 Metal goods not elsewhere specified … 13 7 Textiles … 7 1 Leather, leather goods and fur … — 1 Clothing and footwear … 25 1 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. … — 3 Timber, furniture, etc. … 18 — Paper, printing and publishing … 12 4 Other manufacturing industries … 10 3 Construction … 98 10 Gas, electricity and water … 17 16 Transport and communication … 78 12 Distributive trades … 435 80 Insurance, banking, finance and business services … 112 36 Professional and scientific services … 204 18 Miscellaneous services … 399 38 Public administration and defence … 87 7 Total … 1,726 255