§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of men aged 45 years who are registered as unemployed in (a) the North-West, (b) Merseyside, (c) Kirkby and (d) Ormskirk; and how many, in each case, have been unemployed for over one year.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following table gives the numbers of men aged 45 years and over who were registered as unemployed at 9 April, the latest date for which the information is available, distinguishing separately those registered for more than 52 weeks.
Unemployed men aged 45 unemployed for years and over of whom, those over 52 weeks North-West region 73,810 26,542 Merseyside special development area 21,429 10,105 Kirkby employment office area 1,052 594 Ormskirk employment office area 372 113