§ Mr. Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report for October 1979 and October 1982, respectively, the unemployment figures for (a) England and (b) each county in England, separately distinguishing males and females, by age, using the following categories (i) under 18 years, (ii) 18 years, (iii) 19 years, (iv) 20 to 24 years, (v) 25 to 29 years, (vi) 30 to 34 years, (vii) 35 to 44 years, (viii) 45 to 49 years, (ix) 50 to 54 years, (x) 55 to 59 years, (xi) 60 to 64 years, (xii) 65 years and over and (xiii) the total for all ages, and disaggregating each of the age categories into the following categories of the weekly duration of unemployment: (a) one or less, (b) over one and up to two, (c) over two and up to four, (d) over four and up to six, (e) over six and up to eight, (j) over eight and up to 13, (g) over 13 and up to 26, (h) over 26 and up to 39, (i) over 39 and up to 52, (j) over 52 and up to 65, (k) over 65 and up to 78, (l) over 78 and up to 104, (m) over 104 and up to 156, (n) over 156 and (o) the total.
§ Mr. AlisonI shall send copies of the tables requested to the hon. Member, and place them in the Library.
§ Mr. David Youngasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list, for the last count before the alteration in the method of calculating unemployment figures, the number in Bolton of (a) young persons aged 16 to 18 years, (b) persons aged over 50 years, and (c) all persons (i) on the unemployed register, and (ii) unemployed for over 12 months; if he will state for each category the figure in (ii) as a percentage of (i); and if he will publish a similar analysis of the national figures and for each region of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Alison[pursuant to his reply, 20 December 1982, c. 347]: The following is the information at 14 Ocrober 1982.
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Registered Unemployed Aged 18 years and under Area Total number of which, unemployed for over 52 weeks Number As a percentage of total number Bolton jobcentre area 2,048 219 10.7 United Kingdom 478,112 48,558 10.2 South East 114,025 8,874 7.8 East Anglia 11,705 885 7.6 South West 26,082 1,825 7.0 West Midlands 52,698 6,267 11.9 East Midlands 27,064 2,533 9.4 Yorkshire and Humberside 49,054 5,258 10.7 North West 64,892 6,975 10.7 North 34,369 3,680 10.7 Wales 26,686 2,528 9.5 Scotland 51,800 6,635 12.8 Northern Ireland 19,737 3,098 15.7
Registered Unemployed Aged 50 years and over Area Total number of which, unemployed for over 52 weeks Number As a percentage of total number Bolton jobcentre area 2,663 1,478 55.5 United Kingdom 671,584 341,930 50.9 South East 159,995 71,732 44.8 East Anglia 19,024 9,145 48.1 South West 46,900 22,982 49.0 West Midlands 84,911 45,561 53.7 East Midlands 46,037 23,654 51.4 Yorkshire and Humbersid 66,279 35,805 54.0 North West 88,556 45,710 51.6 North 49,123 28,094 57.2 Wales 34,681 19,415 56.0 Scotland 60,282 31,201 51.8 Northern Ireland 15,796 8,631 54.6
Registered unemployed October 1978 to October 1979 October 1979 to October 1980 October 1980 to October 1981 October 1981 to October 1982 Increase Increase Increase Increase Numerical Percentage Numerical Percentage Numerical Percentage Numerical Percentage Aged 18 years and under 67 9.0 726 89.5 508 33.1 3 0.1 of whom, unemployed for over 52 weeks 10 83.3 2 9.1 103 429.2 92 72.4 Aged 50 years and over 69 5.8 203 16.1 953 65.0 244 10.1 of whom, unemployed for over 52 weeks 46 8.5 20 3.4 367 60.3 502 51.4 All ages 224 4.7 3,104 62.2 4,276 52.8 1,218 9.8 of whom, unemployed for over 52 weeks 179 16.7 219 17.5 2,056 139.9 1,990 56.4