§ 28. Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the current percentage rates of unemployment in Austria, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, respectively.
§ Mr. AlisonThe unemployment rates for November 1981, the latest available common date for the countries requested, are as follows. The rates for different countries are not directly comparable because of differences in concepts and coverage.
November 1981 Austria* 3.2 Norway* 1.5 Sweden† 3.0 Switzerland* 0.2 * Registered unemployed as a percentage of total employees.
† Labour force survey figures as a percentage of total labour force.
Source
OECD main economic indicators. Supplemented by labour attache reports and so on.
§ Miss Wrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest unemployment figures for (a) adults and (b) young persons in (i) Birmingham and (ii) the West Midlands.
§ Mr. AlisonAt 8 October 1981, the latest date for which information is available, there were 104,478 people aged 18 years and over and 11,248 aged under 18 years registered as unemployed in the Birmingham travel-to-work area. The corresponding figures for the West Midlands region were 316,802 aged 18 years and over and 32,916 aged under 18.
§ Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many unemployed people have found employment within six months in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. AlisonAs statistics on the total length of time an individual spends on the register as unemployed are not available, it is not possible to provide the information requested. However, over the past 10 years an average of 260,000 to 330,000 people in Great Britain left the register at employment offices each month. Although the statistics do not distinguish the reasons why people leave the register, a survey conducted in 1976 estimated that the great majority—80 per cent.—left for work.
Mr. Hordenasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table giving the number of unemployed in each of the last five years, together with the number of those unemployed for more than 12 months in each year, and the proportion of the latter to the former.
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§ Mr. AlisonThe numbers unemployed for more than 12 months are available quarterly in January, April, July and October and the following table gives the information for Great Britain for the period specified.
1977 Total unemployed Unemployed for over 52 weeks Number Number As a percentage of total unemployed January 1,390,218 284,317 20.5 April 1,335,635 296,276 22.2 July 1,553,466 307,053 19.8 October 1,456,583 324,284 22.3 1978 January 1,484,687 333,917 22.5 April 1,387,484 332,311 24 July 1,512,487 328,372 21.7 October 1,364,907 333,078 24.4 1979 January 1,391,220 334,800 24.1 April 1,279,808 346,795 27.1 July 1,392,021 340,543 24.5 October 1,302,827 337,033 25.9 1980 January 1,404,389 335,128 23.9
Unemployed by age and duration at October 981 Cleveland Males Females Duration in weeks Under 25 25–54 55+ All Under 25 25–54 55+ A11 2 or less 604 826 214 1,644 449 247 15 711 Over 2 and up to 4 weeks 714 720 211 1,645 619 260 12 891 Over 4 and up to 8 weeks 1,518 1,273 281 3,072 1,246 416 29 1,691 Over 8 and up to 13 weeks 1,163 1,269 395 2,827 845 403 31 1,279 Over 13 and up to 26 weeks 2,207 2,476 1,136 5,819 1,705 891 68 2,664 Over 26 and up to 52 weeks 2,627 4,127 2,102 8,856 1,611 1,289 175 3,075 Over 52 and up to 104 weeks 2,647 4,317 1,559 8,523 1,244 994 130 2,368 Over 104 weeks and up to 156 weeks 630 1,363 543 2,536 247 205 48 500 Over 156 weeks 210 1,710 971 2,891 108 220 107 435 Total 12,320 18,081 7,412 37,813 8,074 4,925 615 13,614
Cumbria Males Females Duration in weeks Under 25 25–54 55+ All Under 25 25–54 55+ All 2 or less 339 343 110 792 307 202 11 520 Over 2 and up to 4 weeks 386 370 115 871 383 201 16 600 Over 4 and up to 8 weeks 806 745 269 1,820 748 297 34 1,079 Over 8 and up to 13 weeks 623 707 218 1,548 565 286 26 877 Over 13 and up to 26 weeks 1,011 978 348 2,337 1,002 570 56 1,628 Over 26 and up to 52 weeks 873 1,379 848 3,100 789 943 99 1,831 Over 52 and up to 104 weeks 731 1,334 694 2,759 476 539 93 1,108 Over 104 and up to 156 weeks 95 298 187 580 67 118 30 215 Over 156 weeks 30 325 389 744 24 115 68 207 Total 4,894 6,479 3,178 14,551 4,361 3,271 433 8,065 136W
Durham Males Females Duration in weeks Under 25 25–54 55+ All Under 25 25–54 55+ All 2 or less 524 624 118 1,266 403 229 19 651 Over 2 and up to 4 weeks 567 549 109 1,225 502 233 12 747 Over 4 and up to 8 weeks 1,273 976 240 2,489 1,230 383 32 1,645 Over 8 and up to 13 weeks 828 891 326 2,045 740 410 20 1,170 Over 13 and up to 26 weeks 1,729 1,994 770 4,493 1,288 987 83 2,358 Over 26 and up to 52 weeks 1,941 3,393 1,606 6,940 1,249 1,463 139 2,851 Over 52 and up to 104 weeks 1,532 2,732 985 5,249 772 941 115 1,828
1977 Total unemployed Unemployed for over 52 weeks Number Number As a percentage of total unemployed April 1,454,662 333,869 23.0 July 1,811,947 343,497 19.0 October 1,972,982 378,559 19.2 1981 January 2,320,473 430,260 18.5 April 2,426,271 488,558 20.1 July 2,743,993 593,882 21.6 October 2,876,420 746,604 26.0
§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the most recent unemployment figures for each Northern region county and travel-to-work area, categorized by sex and age, and duration of unemployment.
§ Mr. Alison[pursuant to the reply, 27 January 1982, c. 362]. The following table gives information at October 1981, the latest date for which it is available, for counties in the Northern region and for the North Tyne, South Tyne and Teesside travel-to-work areas. Corresponding figures for other travel-to-work areas in the region could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Males Females Duration in weeks Under 25 25–54 55+ All Under 25 25–54 55+ All Over 104 weeks and up to 156 weeks 241 747 566 1,554 114 173 38 325 Over 156 weeks 85 859 990 1,934 46 178 104 328 Total 8,720 12,765 5,710 27,195 6,344 4,997 562 11,903
Northumberland Males Females Duration in weeks Under 25 25–54 55+ All Under 25 25–54 55+ All 2 or less 237 220 86 543 175 106 7 288 Over 2 and up to 4 weeks 234 255 55 544 232 124 16 372 Over 4 and up to 8 weeks 529 354 164 1,047 518 225 15 758 Over 8 and up to 13 weeks 337 387 183 907 305 176 8 489 Over 13 and up to 26 weeks 666 548 333 1,547 518 339 28 885 Over 26 and up to 52 weeks 590 904 506 2,000 466 500 42 1,008 Over 52 and up to 104 weeks 399 680 521 1,600 235 264 45 544 Over 104 and up to 156 weeks 52 181 336 569 27 32 12 71 Over 156 weeks 22 219 434 675 18 45 38 101 Total 3,066 3,748 2,618 9,432 2,494 1,811 211 4,516
Tyne and Wear Males Females Duration in weeks Under 25 25–54 55+ All Under 25 25–54 55+ All 2 or less 1,117 1,519 420 3,056 791 451 40 1,282 Over 2 and up to 4 weeks 1,357 1,361 357 3,075 1,051 511 34 1,596 Over 4 and up to 8 weeks 2,704 2,251 623 5,578 2,308 913 100 3,321 Over 8 and up to 13 weeks 2,214 2,122 612 4,948 1,549 805 64 2,418 Over 13 and up to 26 weeks 4,350 4,494 1,458 10,302 3,346 1,789 185 5,320 Over 26 and up to 52 weeks 4,403 7,073 2,295 13,771 2,687 2,558 261 5,506 Over 52 and up to 104 weeks 3,903 6,128 2,293 12,324 1,828 1,533 222 3,583 Over 104 and up to 156 weeks 904 2,159 1,057 4,120 346 355 101 802 Over 156 weeks 498 3,935 2,658 7,091 175 562 287 1,024 Total 21,450 31,042 11,773 64,265 14,081 9,477 1,294 24,852
North Tyne travel-to-work area Males Females Duration in weeks Under 25 25–54 55+ All Under 25 25–54 55+ All 2 or less 446 548 158 1,152 308 182 24 514 Over 2 and up to 4 weeks 557 571 170 1,298 414 248 18 680 Over 4 and up to 8 weeks 1,272 916 256 2,444 1,097 426 43 1,566 Over 8 and up to 13 weeks 990 897 206 2,093 610 348 25 983 Over 13 and up to 26 weeks 1,794 1,879 579 4,259 1,364 744 91 2,199 Over 26 and up to 52 weeks 1,757 2,759 906 5,422 1,107 985 105 2,197 Over 52 and up to 104 weeks 1,514 2,362 870 4,746 707 563 88 1,358 Over 104 and up to 156 weeks 369 840 388 1,597 146 134 45 325 Over 156 weeks 182 1,347 1,005 2,534 44 144 78 266 Total 8,881 12,119 4,538 25,538 5,799 3,774 517 10,088 138W139W
South Tyne travel-to-work area Males Females Duration in weeks Under 25 25–54 55+ All Under 25 25–54 55+ All 2 or less 459 701 208 1,368 311 169 13 493 Over 2 and up to 4 weeks 544 576 139 1,259 442 173 7 622 Over 4 and up to 8 weeks 940 886 252 2,078 740 329 31 1,100 Over 8 and up to 13 weeks 764 824 299 1,887 578 291 33 902 Over 13 and up to 26 weeks 1,469 1,614 583 3,666 1,166 597 59 1,822 Over 26 and up to 52 weeks 1,574 2,460 941 4,975 915 910 99 1,924 Over 52 and up to 104 weeks 1,404 2,162 867 4,433 651 576 91 1,318 Over 104 and up to 156 weeks 292 701 386 1,379 110 124 33 267 Over 156 weeks 133 1,184 950 2,267 62 213 120 395 Total 7,579 11,108 4,625 23,312 4,975 3,382 486 8,843
Teesside travel-to-work area Males Females Duration in weeks Under 25 25–54 55+ All Under 25 25–54 55+ All 2 or less 500 679 185 1,364 373 200 15 588 Over 2 and up to 4 weeks 589 594 182 1,365 517 216 11 744 Over 4 and up to 8 weeks 1,307 1,043 237 2,587 1,049 346 24 1,419 Over 8 and up to 13 weeks 967 1,034 337 2,338 724 332 26 1,082 Over 13 and up to 26 weeks 1,776 2,089 1,006 4,871 1,373 708 57 2,138 Over 26 and up to 52 weeks 2,184 3,539 1,871 7,594 1,316 1,097 158 2,571 Over 52 and up to 104 weeks 2,200 3,580 1,377 7,157 1,075 827 120 2,022 Over 104 and up to 156 weeks 509 1,096 455 2,060 210 153 42 405 Over 156 weeks 164 1,222 741 2,127 78 157 84 319 Total 10,196 14,876 6,391 31,463 6,715 4,036 537 11,288