§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will list in the Official Report the number of people (a) in Great Britain and (b) in Cambridgeshire who (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 Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 3 July 1981, col .446]: The information for the average number of people in Great Britain joining the register at employment offices for the latest 12 months is published in my Department's press notice on unemployment and vacancies for June 1981, a copy of which is in the House of Commons Library. The figures are compiled for four or five weekly periods and are converted to a standard of 4⅓ week month and seasonally adjusted; and because they can be erratic, publication is in terms of averages for three months at a time.
The following numbers of people joined and left the register at employment offices in Cambridgeshire. The figures are not comparable with the national published figures as they include "self-service" registrations and are not standardized and seasonally adjusted.
Period Joining register Leaving register 5 weeks ending 12 June 80 3,898 3,650 4 weeks ending 10 July 80 4,848 3,382 5 weeks ending 14 August 80 4,946 4,245 4 weeks ending 11 September 80 3,801 3,186 4 weeks ending 9 October 80 3,794 4,312 5 weeks ending 13 November 80 4,450 3,959 4 weeks ending 11 December 80 3,799 2,457 5 weeks ending 15 January 81 4,212 2,891 4 weeks ending 12 February 81 3,819 2,864 4 weeks ending 12 March 81 2,981 2,694 4 weeks ending 9 April 81 3,490 2,837 5 weeks ending 14 May 81 3,452 4,028