§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many (a) males, (b) females and (c) persons in total entered the unemployment register for each month during the past three years for when figures are available; and what were the corresponding numbers leaving the register.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonInformation on the average number of people in Great Britain joining and leaving the register each month at employment offices is published in table 2.19 of the labour market data section of theEmployment Gazette. Employment offices cover about 90 per cent. of the unemployed excluding school leavers.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest numbers of unemployed persons in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands; how these figures compare with those for April 1979, showing a breakdown between males and females in each of the following age groups (i) under 18 years, (ii) under 25 years, (iii) over 55 years and (iv) over 60 years, respectively; and how many in each of these age groups (a) have never had a job and (b) have been unemployed for over a year.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 1 December, 1981, c. 81]: Table 1 below gives the numbers 139W registered as unemployed at April 1979 and October 1981, for the age ranges specified, distinguishing those unemployed for more than 52 weeks.
Table 2 gives the total numbers unemployed at April 1979 and November 1981 and the numbers of unemployed school leavers under 18 years of age who had not entered employment since completing full-time education.
Table 1 April 1979 Number unemployed Of whom, those unemployed for over 52 weeks Age Male Female Total Male Female Total Wolverhampton employment office area Under 18 years 226 284 510 9 30 39 18 to 24 years 1,131 911 2,042 245 183 428 55 to 59 years 318 116 434 161 53 214 60 years and over 504 3 507 199 2 201 West Midlands Region Under 18 years 3,361 3,457 6,818 119 187 306 18 to 24 years 19,252 14,140 33,392 3,200 2,374 5,574 55 to 59 years 6,872 2,437 9,309 3,322 1,123 4,445 60 years and over 11,981 130 12,111 5,855 53 5,908
October 1981 Number unemployed Of whom, those unemployed for over 52 weeks Age Male Female Total Male Female Total Wolverhampton employment office area Under 18 years 1,332 1,194 2,526 71 70 141 18 to 24 years 3,711 2,216 5,927 796 505 1,301 55 to 59 years 1,026 255 1,281 314 110 424 60 years and over 1,249 15 1,264 346 7 353 West Midlands Region Under 18 years 18,190 14,726 32,916 973 725 1,698 18 to 24 years 61,403 39,469 100,872 17,063 8,812 25,875 55 to 59 years 19,842 5,717 25,559 7,233 2,354 9,587 60 years and over 28,070 266 28,336 10,899 154 11,053
Table 2 Total unemployed Of whom, school leavers under 18 years of age Male Female Total Male Female Total April 1979 Wolverhampton employment office area 4,415 2,011 6,426 83 152 235 West Midlands Region 84,644 34,684 119,328 792 1,143 1,935 November 1981 (provisional) Wolverhampton employment office area 13,023 5,409 18,432 894 835 1,729 West Midlands Region 244,511 97,640 342,151 10,471 9,225 19,696