§ Mr. Winnickasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the comparative figures per thousand civilian working population between Walsall travel-to-work area, the Black Country travel-to-work areas and the West Midlands of people unemployed for more than a year at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Peter Morrison[pursuant to his reply, 12 May 1981]: The latest date for which a duration analysis of the numbers unemployed is available is 15 January. In the following table the numbers registered as unemployed for over 52 weeks are expressed per 1,000 of the total numbers of employees—employed and unemployed—in the respective areas.
Unemployed for over 52 weeks at 15 January 1981 per 1,000 employees Walsall travel-to-work area 24 Dudley and Sandwell travel-to-work area 19 Wolverhampton travel-to-work area 26 West Midlands Region 21