§ Mr. Cyril Smithasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of men and women unemployed in Rochdale between the ages of 50 to 55, 55 to 60 and 60 to 65 years.
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Birmingham travel-to-work areas West Midlands Male Female Aged under 18 Male Female Aged under 18 1979 January 30,689 11,834 3,559 88,154 37,847 9,845 April 29,469 10,806 2,328 84,644 34,684 6,818
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following table gives an age analysis of the numbers of males and females registered as unemployed in the Rochdale employment office area at 9 October 1980, the latest date for which this quarterly information is available.
Male Female Aged 50–54 272 139 Aged 55–59 258 166 Aged 60–64 221 3
§ Mr. Cyril Smithasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many immigrants in the Rochdale travel-to-work area were unemployed on December published figures; and if these can be broken down into sex and age groups.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonFigures for immigrants generally are not available, but at 13 November 1980, the latest date for which information is available, the number of registered unemployed people in the Rochdale travel-to-work area who were born in the New Commonwealth or Pakistan was 669 (596 males and 73 females).
For unemployed ethnic minority workers an age analysis is made annually in February. At 14 February 1980 the age of distribution was as follows:
Aged Males Females Under 18 7 4 18 14 2 19–24 50 13 25–44 103 18 45 and over 94 10 Total, all ages 268 47