§ Mr. David Watkinsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the numbers and percentages of unemployed persons in the Consett travel-to-work area in each month of 1982.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following is the information. The figures include school leavers and are not seasonally adjusted.
Number registered as unemployed Percentage rate of unemployment 1982 January 8,073 25.5 February 7,883 24.9 March 7,779 24.6 April 8,098 25.6 May 8,074 25.5 June 8,559 27.0
§ Mr. David Watkinsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in age groups, the number and percentage of those unemployed for one year or more in (a) the Consett travel-to-work area and (b) the Northern region.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following is the information at 15 April, the latest date for which the quarterly analysis by age and by duration of unemployment is available.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThere are no comprehensive statistics of redundancies. The numbers of redundancies, involving 10 or more employees, reported to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in the specified industries in Great Britain are as follows:
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Redundancies reported as due to occur: Great Britain Textiles (Order XIII) Paper Industry (MLH 481–484) June 1980-May 1981 44,942 16,292 June 1981-May 1982 *18,680 *6,650 * Including provisional figures for April and May 1982.