Mr. Jim Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the present level of overall unemployment and of male unemployment in every employment exchange and travel-to-work area in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following table gives the provisional figures at 14 January.
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Number Unemployed Male Total Manchester travel-to-work area 68,784 93,155 Altrincham 3,589 4,911 Beswick 2,846 3,692 Didsbury 3,478 4,793 Droylsden 774 1,110 Eccles 2,157 2,918 Irlam 867 1,209 Longsight 3,293 4,361
Number Unemployed Male Total Manchester 7,663 10,244 Marple 531 750 Middleton 3,651 4,948 Moss Side 5,066 6,821 Newton Heath 3,826 5,108 Prestwich 2,069 2,924 Salford 5,853 7,625 Stockport 8,067 11,207 Stretford 5,205 7,048 Swinton 1,875 2,699 Wilmslow (Cheshire) 1,060 1,497 Worsley 2,045 2,962 Wythenshawe 4,869 6,328 Ashton-under-Lyne travel-to-work area 9,135 13,482 Ashton-under-Lyne 3,033 4,470 Denton 1,184 1,756 Glossop (Derbyshire) 992 1,508 Hyde 2,496 3,642 Mossley 385 591 Stalybridge 1,045 1,515 Bolton travel-to-work area 12,304 17,691 Bolton 9,009 12,709 Farnworth 2,094 3,063 Horwich 640 950 Westhoughton 561 969 Bury travel-to-work area 5,804 8,407 Bury 3,236 4,722 Heywood 1,550 2,157 Radcliffe 1,018 1,528 Leigh travel-to-work area 4,527 7,001 Atherton 1,447 2,232 Leigh 3,080 4,769 Oldham travel-to-work area 10,202 14,780 Failsworth 1,709 2,403 Oldham and Chadderton 7,654 11,007 Royton 839 1,370 Wigan travel-to-work area 8,907 13,424 Ashton-in-Markerfield (Merseyside) 1,123 1,712 Hindley 1,052 1,545 Wigan 6,732 10,167 Rochdale employment office area 6,270 9,054
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the most recent unemployment figures for (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands, categorised by sex and age and duration of unemployment; and what percentage this represents in each case.
§ Mr. AlisonAt January 1982 there were 24,417 people—17,942 males and 6,475 females—registered as unemployed in the Wolverhampton travel-to-work area and the unemployment rate was 16.7 per cent.—20.0 per cent. males and 11.5 per cent. females. The corresponding figures for the West Midlands region were 353,796–256,005 males and 97,791 females—and 15.3 per cent.—18.4 per cent. males and 10.6 per cent. females. The figures are provisional.
The following table gives for October 1981, the latest date for which information is available, an analysis by sex, age and duration of those unemployed at that date.
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Duration in words Males Wolverhampton travel-to-work area Under 25 25–54 55 and over All 2 or less 236 336 130 702 Over 2 and up to 4 weeks 275 238 68 581 Over 4 and up to 8 weeks 656 462 148 1,266 Over 8 and up to 13 weeks 594 609 190 1,393 Over 13 and up to 26 weeks 1,369 1,320 542 3,231 Over 26 and up to 52 weeks 1,352 2,586 946 4,884 Over 52 and up to 104 weeks 1,184 1,988 748 3,920 Over 104 and up to 156 weeks 205 511 246 962 Over 156 weeks 61 582 267 910 Total 5,932 8,632 3,285 17,849
Duration in weeks Females Wolverhampton travel-to-work area Under 25 25–54 55 and over All 2 or less 248 102 10 360 Over 2 and up to 4 weeks 205 139 5 349 Over 4 and up to 8 weeks 531 187 18 736 Over 8 and up to 13 weeks 427 179 17 623 Over 13 and up to 26 weeks 1,052 475 68 1,595 Over 26 and up to 52 weeks 759 792 94 1,645 Over 52 and up to 104 weeks 543 516 87 1,146 Over 104 and up to 156 weeks 100 125 16 241 Over 156 weeks 50 155 43 248 Total 3,915 2,670 358 6,943
Duration in weeks Males West Midlands region Under 25 25–54 55 and Over All 2 or less 3,541 4,929 1,637 10,107 Over 2 and up to 4 weeks 4,066 4,269 1,224 9,559 Over 4 and up to 8 weeks 10,762 8,046 2,433 21,241 Over 8 and up to 13 weeks 8,135 8,671 2,896 19,702 Over 13 and up to 26 weeks 16,475 19,817 7,983 44,275 Over 26 and up to 52 weeks 18,578 34,716 13,607 66,901 Over 52 and up to 104 weeks 15,139 27,163 10,314 52,616 Over 104 and up to 156 weeks 2,137 6,146 2,862 11,145 Over 156 weeks 760 6,621 4,956 12,337 Total 79,593 120,378 47,912 247,883
Duration in weeks Females West Midlands region Under 25 25–54 55 and over All 2 or less 2,810 1,964 213 4,987 Over 2 and up to 4 weeks 3,304 1,935 179 5,418 Over 4 and up to 8 weeks 9,176 3,382 334 12,892 Over 8 and up to 13 weeks 6,361 3,540 364 10,265 Over 13 and up to 26 weeks 12,033 7,661 846 20,540 Over 26 and up to 52 weeks 10,974 11,867 1,539 24,380 Over 52 and up to 104 weeks 7,653 7,852 1,333 16,838 Over 104 and up to 156 weeks 1,244 1,639 405 3,288 Over 156 weeks 640 1,817 770 3,227 Total 54,195 41,657 5,983 101,835
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the present number of construction workers unemployed in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands; and what percentage of such workers this represents.
§ Mr. AlisonAt August 1981, the latest date for which information is available, the number of people registered as unemployed in the Wolverhampton travel-to-work area who last worked in the construction industry was 2,120192W and the unemployment rate for the industry was 23.1 per cent. The corresponding figures for the West Midlands region were 33,130 and 27.9 per cent.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many (a) boys and (b) girls who left school in the summer of 1981 are still without work in (i) Wolverhampton and (ii) the West Midlands; and what percentage of total school leavers this represents in each case.
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§ Mr. AlisonThe statistics of unemployed school leavers do not separately distinguish those who left school last summer.