§ Mr. Viggersasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number and percentages of unemployed persons during each of the last five years broken down by summary headings as listed on page 32 of Employment Gazette of December 1980, and similar figures for each of the last five years in detail for Group XXVII, Public Administration and Defence, namely, clauses 901, National Government Service and 906, Local Government Service.
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§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following table gives quarterly figures for Great Britain of the numbers of people registered as unemployed (excluding school leavers) analysed according to the industry in which they last worked. The unemployment rates are not adjusted for seasonal variations. The numbers are given both346W unadjusted and seasonally adjusted. The detailed information for national government service and local government service (minimum list headings 901 and 906 of the standard industrial classification) is not seasonally adjusted.
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Standard Industrial Classification 1968 Agriculture, forestry and fishing Mining and quarrying Manufacturing Construction Gas, electricity and water Transport and communication Distributive trades Financial, professional and miscellaneous services Public administration and defence National government service Local governments service Others not classified by industry Unem-ployed excluding school leavers I II III-XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXXVI XXVI MLH 901 MLH 906 Number Thousand 1976 February 24.4 17.5 357.1 221.7 8.7 64.4 128.8 209.0 56.8 24.8 32.0 136.9 1,225.4 May 22.0 17.1 353.6 206.6 8.6 60.3 125.8 192.8 56.6 24.8 31.8 141.8 1,185.3 August 21.9 17.1 350.2 193.8 9.3 58.8 131.0 202.8 60.9 26.4 34.6 199.5 1,245.4 November* 23.9 17.0 333.1 201.0 9.3 60.9 130.8 227.7 65.5 † † 186.5 1,256.7 1977 February 26.7 17.0 342.3 227.4 9.6 64.1 141.0 234.9 70.0 28.9 41.0 192.6 1,325.8 May 23.7 16.6 330.6 204.1 9.2 59.7 131.7 211.6 68.7 28.0 40.7 187.8 1,243.7 August 23.1 21.1 342.3 196.0 9.4 58.2 137.7 223.2 73.5 29.8 43.7 262.4 1,346.6 November 25.9 22.2 337.4 203.1 9.2 61.9 138.0 252.7 78.5 29.9 48.6 240.7 1,369.4 1978 February 28.8 22.7 344.8 221.8 8.9 64.2 145.9 249.8 80.2 30.8 49.3 232.0 1,399.2 May 24.1 22.1 333.7 186.5 8.6 58.4 132.7 219.0 76.2 29.2 46.9 218.9 1,280.2 August 22.3 24.1 337.2 168.3 8.5 54.9 132.8 218.2 76.4 29.5 46.9 280.6 1,323.6 November 23.5 24.5 318.2 166.1 8.3 56.4 125.8 237.2 77.5 28.8v 48.7 240.5 1,277.9 1979 February 27.2 24.7 331.4 205.0 8.7 61.0 137.9 241.8 79.8 29.4 50.4 233.4 1,350.9 May 21.8 23.3 314.0 160.0 7.7 54.3 122.8 209.1 72.3 27.1 45.2 216.8 1,202.3 August 19.6 24.1 310.9 139.2 7.3 50.8 122.0 209.3 69.9 27.1 42.7 257.8 1,210.8 November‡ 21.3 24.5 317.9 152.2 7.4 55.0 124.8 239.5 74.7 27.3 47.4 229.4 1,246.8 1980 February 25.4 25.0 364.9 192.6 7.6 63.7 147.4 257.8 77.4 28.2 49.2 224.9 1,386.8 May 22.7 24.8 399.7 189.6 7.6 63.4 146.7 245.0 77.0 28.4 48.7 219.0 1,395.6 August 24.8 26.2 481.3 210.0 7.7 68.9 168.7 278.6 82.2 30.8 51.3 312.8 1,661.1 November 31.7 28.9 592.5 274.3 8.5 85.3 192.7 353.0 94.8 34.4 60.3 306.0 1,967.8 * Estimated. † Not available. ‡ From November 1979 the figures are affected by the introduction of fortnightly payment of benefit. The all unemployed seasonally adjusted figures have been amended to take account of this.
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Standard Industrial Classification 1968 Agriculture, forestry and fishing Mining and quarrying Manufac-turing Construc-tion Gas, electricity and water Transport and com-munication Distributive trades Financial, professional and mis-cellaneous services Public ad- ministration and defence National government service Local government service Others not classified by industry Unem-ployed ex-cluding school leavers I II III.XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV.XXVI XXVII MLH901 MLH906 Rate Per cent. 1976 February 6.1 4.8 4.8 15.1 2.5 4.3 4.6 2.9 3.5 3.8 3.2 † 5.3 May 5.5 4.7 4.8 14.1 2.4 4.0 4.5 2.7 3.5 3.8 3.2 † 5.1 August 5.4 4.7 4.7 13.2 2.6 3.9 4.7 2.9 3.7 4.1 3.5 † 5.3 November* 5.9 4.7 4.5 13.7 2.6 4.0 4.7 3.2 4.1 † † † 5.4 1977 February 6.7 4.7 4.6 15.8 2.8 4.3 5.0 3.3 4.3 4.5 4.2 † 5.6 May 5.9 4.5 4.4 14.2 2.7 4.0 4.7 2.9 4.2 4.3 4.1 † 5.3 August 5.7 5.8 4.6 13.6 2.7 3.9 4.9 31 4.5 4.6 4.4 † 5.7 November 6.4 6.1 4.5 14.1 2.6 4.1 4.9 3.5 4.8 4.6 4.9 † 5.8 1978 February 7.2 6.2 4.6 15.7 2.6 4.3 5.1 3.4 4.9 4.8 4.9 † 5.9 May 6.1 6.1 4.5 13.2 2.5 3.9 4.7 3.0 4.6 4.5 4.7 † 5.4 August 5.6 6.6 4.5 11.9 2.5 3.7 4.7 3.0 4.6 4.6 4.9 † 5.6 November 5.9 6.7 4.3 11.8 2.4 3.8 4.4 3.3 4.7 4.5 4.9 † 5.4 1979 February 7.2 6.9 4.5 14.5 2.5 4.0 4.8 3.3 4.8 4.6 5.0 † 5.7 May 5.8 6.5 4.3 11.3 2.2 3.6 4.3 2.8 4.4 4.2 4.5 † 5.1 August 5.2 6.7 4.2 9. 2.1 3.4 4.2 2.8 4.2 4.2 4.2 † 5.1 November‡ 5.6 6.8 4.3 10.8 2.1 3.6 4.3 3.2 4.5 4.3 4.7 † 5.3 1980 February 6.7 7.0 5.0 13.6 2.2 4.2 5.1 3.5 4.7 4.4 4.9 † 5.9 May 6.0 6.9 5.5 13.4 2.2 4.2 5.1 3.3 4.7 4.4 4.8 † 5.9 August 6.6 7.3 6.6 14.8 2.2 4.5 5.9 3.8 5.0 4.8 5.1 † 7.0 November 8.4 8.1 8.1 19.4 2.4 5.6 6.7 4.8 5.7 5.4 6.0 † 8.3 * Estimated. † Not available. ‡ From November 1979 the figures are affected by the introduction of fortnightly payment of benefit. The all unemployed seasonally adjusted figures have been amended to take account of this.
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Standard Industrial Classification 1968 Agriculture, forestry and fishing Mining and quarrying Manufac-turing Construc-tion Gas, electricity and water Transport and com-munication Distributive trades Financial, professional and mis-cellaneous services Public ad-ministration and defence National government service Local government service Others not classified by industry Unem-ployed ex-cluding school leavers XXIV- I II III-XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXVI XXVII MLH901 MLH 906 Number, seasonally adjusted Thousand 1976 February 22.1 17.2 349.1 204.8 8.6 60.8 122.7 197.8 55.2 † † 141.7 1,180.0 May 22.8 17.9 355.4 208.4 8.8 61.1 128.2 204.8 58.3 † † 155.1 1,220.8 August 23.6 16.8 348.1 203.8 9.3 61.5 131.8 212.1 61.9 † † 171.8 1,240.7 November* 23.9 16.7 340.6 207.0 9.3 61.0 133.7 217.5 65.2 † † 180.3 1,255.2 1977 February 24.0 16.8 334.9 207.7 9.4 60.2 134.1 222.4 68.0 † † 200.8 1,278.3 May 24.5 17.5 332.7 206.3 9.4 60.6 134.7 224.7 70.6 † † 202.2 1,283.2 August 24.9 20.7 340.5 208.4 9.4 61.2 138.8 233.9 74.8 † † 224.5 1,337.1 November 25.9 21.8 343.9 208.9 9.2 61.9 140.9 241.2 77.3 † † 236.7 1,367.7 1978 February 26.0 22.5 337.6 200.5 8.7 60.3 138.6 236.6 78.0 † † 245.6 1,354.4 May 25.0 32.1 336.4 189.1 8.8 59.4 136.0 233.2 78.2 † † 237.2 1,326.4 August 24.2 23.7 335.8 181.8 8.5 58.0 134.0 229.6 77.9 † † 236.4 1,309.9 November 23.4 24.0 323.6 171.6 8.3 56.2 128.4 224.7 76.2 † † 238.7 1,275.1 1979 February 24.4 24.6 324.6 183.0 8.5 57.1 130.4 228.3 77.5 † † 246.8 1,305.2 May 22.8 24.4 317.0 162.9 7.9 55.3 126.4 223.7 74.4 † † 232.1 1,246.9 August 21.6 23.6 309.5 153.1 7.3 53.9 123.2 220.7 71.4 † † 218.5 1,202.8 November‡ 21.3 24.0 323.0 157.5 7.4 54.8 127.5 226.7 73.4 † † 228.0 1,223.6 1980 February 22.5 24.9 358.2 170.2 7.4 59.8 139.9 244.2 75.1 † † 237.7 1,319.9 May 23.6 25.9 402.7 192.6 7.8 64.4 150.4 259.9 79.2 † † 231.5 1,418.0 August 26.8 25.7 480.0 224.1 7.7 72.0 169.9 290.1 83.7 † † 262.2 1,622.2 November 31.7 28.4 597.4 279.5 8.5 85.1 195.3 340.0 93.5 † † 303.1 1,942.5 * Estimated. †Not available. ‡From November 1979 the figures are affected by the introduction of fortnightly payment of benefit. The all unemployed seasonally adjusted figures have been amended to take account of this.