§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the percentage increase in the numbers of unemployed (a) in each of the last 12 months and (b) as an annual figure for each of the last five years in (i) Great Britain and (ii) Cambridgeshire; and how many and what percentage of those currently unemployed have had no job for more than one year.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Winnickasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the latest figures of those who have been registered unemployed for longer than (a) six months and (b) 12 months in the Walsall travel-to-work area, the Black country travel-to-work areas and the West Midlands region as a whole.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonFollowing is the information at 9 April, the latest date for which the quarterly analysis by duration of unemployment is available.
April 1979–March 1980 April 1980–March 1981 Registrations on Registrations off Registrations on Registrations off Wolverhampton employment office 26,401 25,179 29,730 23,563 West Midlands 345,541 333,789 492,319 364,548 These figures include self-service registration.