§ Miss Wrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the current figures of long-term unemployment in (a) Birmingham, and (b) the West Midlands; and what was the comparable figure in May 1979 and May 1980.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonAnalyses of the numbers unemployed by length of unemployment are made in January, April, July and October. The following table gives the numbers registered as unemployed for over 52 weeks at April in each of the years 1979, 1980 and 1981 in the Birmingham travel-to-work area and the West Midlands region.
Unemployed for over 52 weeks April 1979 April 1980 April 1981 Birmingham travel-to-work area 11,667 12,632 20,030 West Midlands Region 34,154 34,619 57,700