Long-term Unemployment (Northern Region)

HC Deb 13 April 1981 vol 3 cc37-8W

Mr. Robert C. Brown

asked the Seretary of State for Employment what is the current figure for long-term unemployment in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne, (b) Tyne and Wear county, and (c) the Northern region; and what were the comparable figures in May 1979.

Mr. Peter Morrison

Age analyses of the numbers registered as unemployed are made quarterly in January, April, July and October. The following table gives the numbers registered as unemployed for over 52 weeks at April 1979 and January 1981 in the areas specified. The figures are not seasonally adjusted.

	April 1979	January 1981
Newcastle upon Tyne*	6,233	5,318

	April 1979	January 1981
Tyne and Wear metropolitan county	18,600	20,720
North region	35,885	43,792
*The employment office areas of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newburn and Walker.