§ Mr. Freesonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest unemployment figures in (a) the Greater London area, (b) the Kilburn employment office area, (c) the Wembley employment office area and (d) the Willesden employment office area; if he will give the average period of unemployment and the age breakdown in each case; and what were the figures in May 1979.
§ Mr. Alison[pursuant to his reply, 27 April 1982, c. 243]: Table 1 gives the total numbers registered as unemployed at May 1979 and April 1982 in the areas specified.
Table 3 Age analysis of the numbers registered as unemployed Age Greater London Kilburn employment office area April 1979 January 1982 April 1979 January 1982 Under 18 5,676 23,451 61 47 18 4,638 14,813 58 56 19 5,319 16,588 67 138 20–24 25,368 68,891 321 691 25–29 19,649 46,607 287 602 30–34 14,505 34,831 153 391 35–44 20,068 46,799 214 437 45–49 8,997 20,459 107 206 50–54 9,160 20,553 69 182 55–59 10,570 21,807 84 164 60–64 12,700 21,221 72 146 65 and over 489 900 3 10 Total, all ages 137,139 336,920 1,496 3,070
Age Wembley employment office area Willesden employment office area April 1979 January 1982 April 1979 January 1982 Under 18 35 262 92 485 18 49 185 68 325 19 48 179 76 311 20–24 241 926 376 1,466 25–29 166 641 262 970 30–34 131 432 167 593 35–44 173 665 297 903 45–49 124 334 142 439 50–54 104 304 123 392 55–59 109 303 113 329 60–64 169 344 114 247 65 and over 5 39 3 25 Total, all ages 1,354 4,614 1,833 6,485