§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have joined the unemployment register each month from May 1979 to April 1980; and how many people left the register to start new employment in each month.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe information for the average number of people in Great Britain joining and leaving the register each month at employment offices is published in446W table 2.19 of the labour market data section of the Employment Gazette. These figures represent on average about 90 per cent. of all those who joined or left the register each month.
The statistics do not distinguish the reasons why people leave the employment register. However, from a survey conducted in 1976 it was estimated that the great majority—80 per cent.—left for work.
§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the average period of unemployment experienced by a person who left the jobless register (a) in each of the last 12 months, (b) for each of the last five years (i) in Great Britain and (ii) in Cambridgeshire.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe statistics for people leaving the register each month are not analysed according to the duration of unemployment experienced.
§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for employment how many people (a) in Great Britain and (b) in Cambridgeshire (i) entered the jobless register in each of the last 12 months and (ii) left the jobless register in each of the last 12 months.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.