§ 16. Mr. Leightonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many unemployed people are under the age of 25 years; and how this compares with the position in May 1979.
§ Mr. PriorAt April 1981 the number of people under 25 years of age registered as unemployed in the United Kingdom was 917,161 compared with 451,371 at April 1979.
§ 22. Mr. Winnickasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest number of those who are registered unemployed in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonAt 9 July, the provisional number of people registered as unemployed in the United Kingdom was 2,851,623.
§ 25 Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest figures for unemployment; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonAt 9 July, the provisional number of people registered as unemployed in the United Kingdom was 2,851,623.
I refer the hon. Member to my right hon. Friend's reply to the hon. Member for Keighley (Mr. Cryer) earlier today.
§ 32. Mr. Chapmanasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of hitherto registered unemployed leaving the register during the last month for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe average number of people in Great Britain leaving the register at employment offices each month in the three months ending June was 286,000, seasonally adjusted. Employment offices cover about 9(1 per cent. of the unemployed excluding school leavers.
§ 33. Mr. Dormandasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the percentage of unemployment for Durham county, the Northern region and the United Kingdom as a whole.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonAt 9 July, the provisional rates of unemployment for the county of Durham, the Northern region and the United Kingdom were 15.8, 15.6 and 11.8 per cent., respectively. The figure for the Northern region is in part estimated.
§ 43. Mr. Gwilym Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest figures available for the numbers and proportion of the working population unemployed; how these figures compare with May 1979; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonAt 9 July, the provisional number of people registered as unemployed in the United Kingdom, seasonally adjusted and excluding school leavers, was 2,582,300 and the unemployment rate was 10.7 per cent. The corresponding figures at 10 May 1979 were 1,312,000 and 5.4 per cent.
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§ 46. Mr. Newensasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the total increase in the number of unemployed persons between May 1979 and the present month.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonBetween May 1979 and July 1981 the number of people registered as unemployed in the United Kingdom, seasonally adjusted and excluding school leavers, increased by 1,270,300.
§ Mr. Newensasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the number of unemployed and the percentage which this represents of the total working population for each employment area in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire, respectively, for the present and for 10 July 1980.
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July 1980 June 1981 Number Percentage rate Number Percentage rate Norfolk Cromer 732 8.7 957 11.4 Dereham 757 8.9 1,088 12.8 Diss 683 6.3 1,025 9.4 Downham Market 494 8.2 742 12.3 Fakenham 633 8.6 850 11.5 Great Yarmouth 2,120 5.7 3,244 8.7 Hunstanton 428 12.0 583 16.3 Kings Lynn 2,103 7.5 3,577 12.7 North Walsham 574 6.8 829 9.9 Norwich 6,304 5.5 9,736 8.5 Attleborough 357 556 Wymondham 357 625 Thetford 778 7.4 1,073 10.7 Swaffham 518 719 Brandon (Suffolk) 241 416 Suffolk Bury St Edmunds 1,184 4.2 1,840 6.5 Haleworth 247 60 395 9.6 Haverhill 709 6.7 1,046 9.9 Leiston 370 7.4 611 12.2 Lowestoft 2,292 7.8 3,187 10.9 Sudbury 833 6.3 1,235 9.4 Beccles 280 4.5 475 7.4 Bungay 174 262 Ipswich 4,114 5.2 5,979 7.4 Felixstowe 427 596 Stowmarket 546 727 Woodbridge 557 751 Newmarket 549 6.4 774 8.9 Mildenhall 458 625 Essex Clacton-on-Sea 1,772 9.6 2,752 14.9 Colchester 3,727 6.2 5,225 8.7 Harwich 311 3.5 621 7.0 Braintree 1,249 5.7 2,229 10.5 Halstead 259 535 Witham 428 867 Chelmsford 2,311 4.2 3,079 6.1 Burnham-on-Crouch 237 390 Malden 310 693 Harlow 2,669 5.3 3,994 8.2 Epping 338 574 Saffron Walden 223 435 Bishops Stortford (Herts) 666 1,001 Southend-on-Sea 5,452 8.7 7,251 12.2 Basildon 4,627 6,449 Canvey Island 741 1,372 Grays 2,755 4,130 Rayleigh 2,003 2,542 Stanford-le-Hope 618 1,102 Tilbury 800 1,124 Brentwood 1,447 * 1,934 * Loughton 1,174 * 1,595 *
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following table gives the numbers registered as unemployed at 10 July 1980 and 11 June 1981 in each employment office area in the counties specified. It also gives the percentage rates of unemployment for employment office areas either singly or grouped into travel-to-work areas. The figures include school leavers and are not seasonally adjusted. The unemployment rates are based on the estimated numbers of employees—employed and unemployed—which differ from the working population in that they exclude the self-employed and members of Her Majesty's Forces.
Where an employment office area is part of a travel-to-work area which straddles a county boundary it is shown in the table as being in the county in which the larger part of its travel-to-work area lies.
Following is the table:
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July 1980 June 1981 Number Percentage rate Number Percentage rate Hertfordshire Stevenage 2,141 5.4 3,626 9.2 Hertford 624 2.7 1,120 4.9 Hoddesdon 475 823 Hitchin 1,033 4.5 1,800 7.6 Letchworth 988 1,645 Royston 397 631 St. Albans 1,177 2.9 1,854 4.7 Hatfield 483 856 Welwyn Garden City 1,034 1,607 Watford 1,914 3.4 3,480 6.3 Berkhamsted 267 500 Hemel Hempstead 1,856 3,308 Rickmansworth 178 484 Waltham Cross 1,094 * 2,002 * Cambridgeshire Cambridge 3,038 3.5 4,336 5.0 Ely 415 4.3 754 7.7 Huntingdon 1,611 6.5 2,301 9.4 March 640 7.8 988 12.0 Peterborough 5,071 7.4 7,661 11.2 St. Neots 405 3.7 813 7.3 Wisbech 1,334 8.3 2,356 14.7 Bedfordshire Bedford 3,470 4.5 5,682 7.6 Biggleswade 314 684 Luton 5,908 6.1 9,625 10.5 Dunstable 1,600 2,956 Harpenden (Hertfordshire) 282 500 Leighton Buzzard 438 987 * Unemployment rates are not calculated for these areas; they are parts of the Greater London travel-to-work area.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of registered unemployed on a ay stated date for each of the months from May 1979 to June 1981 in Wolverhampton and the West Midlands.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following is the information. The figures include school leavers and are not seasonally adjusted.
Wolverhampton employment office area West Midlands region 1979 May 6,565 117,689 June 7,605 121,521 July 9,064 143,111 August 9,135 141,034 September 8,425 135,206 October 8,165 130,023 November 7,733 127,573 December 7,869 126,253 1980 January 8,341 133,287 February 7,945 135,331 March 7,990 136,908 402W
Wolverhampton employment office area Total unemployed of whom, ethnic minority group workers* Male Female Male Female May 1979 4,457 2,108 722 498 May 1981 11,257 4,067 1,638 828 * Unemployed people born in, or whose parents were born in, the New Commonwealth and Pakistan.
Wolverhampton employment office area West Midlands region April 8,395 142,996 May 8,604 145,429 June 9,830 159,079 July 12,315 196,020 August 13,272 211,141 September 13,339 219,350 October 12,962 221,914 November 13,195 234,391 December 13,633 243,709 1981 January 14,384 264,544 February 14,566 272,833 March 14,818 278,700 April 15,135 287,297 May 15,324 294,112 June 16,749 305,650
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many (a) men, (b) women and (c) ethnic minorities are registered as unemployed in Wolverhampton; and what are the figures for May 1979.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following is the information at May 1979 and at May 1981, the latest date for which an analysis by ethnic origin is available.
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§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest unemployment figures in the Wolverhampton travel-to-work area; how long is the average period of unemployment; and what is the age breakdown of the unemployment register.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.