§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of people unemployed and the number of vacancies in each industrial classification in (a) the North-West, (b) Merseyside, (c) Kirkby and (d) Ormskirk.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following tables give the numbers registered as unemployed and the numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled analysed by order of the standard industrial classification at February 1981, the latest date for which the quarterly industrial analyses are available. The unemployment figures—table I—relate to the industry in which the unemployed persons last worked. The vacancy figures—table 2—relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices; vacancies notified to employment offices are estimated to be about one-third of all vacancies in the economy. Because of possible duplication the figures for employment offices and careers offices should not be added together.
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Standard Industrial Classification 1968 North-West Merseyside Special Development Area Kirkby Employment Office Area Ormskirk Employment Office Area Instrument engineering 578 108 8 — Electrical engineering 7,629 2,128 292 22 Shipbuilding and marine engineering 1,907 1,621 44 1 Vehicles 6,750 1,986 146 54 Metal goods not elsewhere specified 8,839 2,674 257 28 Textiles 17,941 708 40 25 Leather, leather goods and fur 923 207 6 — Clothing and footwear 8,389 1,248 95 7 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 3,777 640 42 9 Timber, furniture, etc. 4,149 1,145 255 60 Paper, printing and publishing 6,917 2,112 138 26 Other manufacturing industries 6,806 1,996 73 12 Construction 47,473 16,829 986 162 Gas, electricity and water 1,191 401 13 6 Transport and communication 17,013 7,442 402 87 Distributive trades 38,597 10,822 560 182 Insurance, banking, finance and business services 6,770 2,217 89 43 Professional and scientific services 10,840 3,257 89 85 Miscellaneous services 37,618 13,130 793 104 Public administration and defence 13,691 4,809 320 73 Not classified by industry (including school leavers) 62,020 22,198 1,243 208 Total, all industries and services 349,746 109,463 6,892 1,386
Table 2 Numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled at 6 February 1981 North-West Merseyside Special Development Area Kirkby Employment Office Area Ormskirk Employment Office Area Standard Industrial Classification 1968 * † * † * † * † Agriculture, forestry, fishing 24 7 1 — — — — 2 Mining and quarrying 2 — 1 — — — — — Food, drink and tobacco 153 5 61 — 3 — — — Coal and petroleum products 26 — 21 — — — — — Chemicals and allied industries 151 1 30 — — — — — Metal manufacture 23 2 4 — — — — — Mechanical engineering 250 17 36 — 1 — — — Instrument engineering 37 — 7 — — — — — Electrical engineering 162 4 35 — — — — — Shipbuilding and marine engineering 16 — 2 — — — — — Vehicles 75 — 8 — — — — — Metal goods not elsewhere specified 108 6 34 — 1 — — — Textiles 139 4 3 — — — 1 1 Leather, leather goods and fur 12 1 3 — — — — — Cothing and footwear 163 11 12 — — — — — Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 27 1 4 — — — — — Timber, furniture, etc. 72 5 13 2 6 — 1 — Paper, printing and publishing 91 8 9 — — — — — Other manufacturing industries 79 5 5 — — — — — Construction 477 7 86 — 3 — 3 — Gas, electricity and water 52 — 6 — — — — — Transport and communication 168 11 26 — 2 — — — Distributive trades 1,222 45 166 5 5 — 7 1 Insurance, banking, finance and business services 518 8 106 — 4 — 1 — Professional and scientific services 921 41 306 — 1 — 1 — Miscellaneous services 1,399 21 342 — 5 — 3 — Public administration 1,375 32 812 8 16 — 3 — Total, all industries and services 7,742 242 2,139 15 47 — 20 4 * At Employment Offices. † At Careers Offices.
§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were registered unemployed in the United Kingdom and Scotland, respectively, in each April of the past five years; and what were the corresponding number of males, females and young people; and what was the percentage change from the previous year in each case.
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§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 6 May 1981, Vol 4, c. 64]: The following table gives the total numbers registered as unemployed, analysed by sex, in the United Kingdom and in Scot-land at April each year from 1977 to 1981 with percentage changes between years. It also gives the numbers of unemployed young people under 20 years of age where available. The age analysis from 181W which the numbers of young people are taken is not yet available for April 1981 and was not made in April for years earlier than 1979.
United Kingdom April each year Males Females Total Of which, young people under 20 years of age 1977 1,032,361 359,889 1,392,250 — Percentage change +3.8 +25.4 +8.7 — 1978 1,045,404 406,354 1,451,758 — Percentage change +1.3 +12.9 +4.3 — 1979 959,230 381,365 1,340,595 200,208 Percentage change -8.2 -6.1 -7.7 — 1980 1,058,052 464,875 1,522,927 258,210 Percentage change +10.3 +21.9 +13.6 +29.0* 1981* 1,813,735 704,223 2,517,958 — Percentage change +71.4 +51.5 +65.3 —
Scotland April each year Males Females Total Of which, young people under 20 years of age 1977 119,587 50,581 170,168 — Percentage change +10.8 +34.4 +16.9 — 1978 123,490 57,372 180,862 — Percentage change +3.3 +13.4 +6.3 — 1979 117,693 57,897 175,590 32,039 Percentage change -4.7 +0.9 -2.9 — 1980 131,660 69,407 201,067 36,166 Percentage change +11.9 +19.9 +14.5 +12.9 1981* 195,196 92,472 287,668 — Percentage change +48.3 +33.2 +43.1 — * Provisional + Part of the increase is due to the count being taken before Easter in 1979 but afterwards in 1980, in which year Easter school leavers were therefore included.