HC Deb 19 July 1982 vol 28 cc33-4W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many unemployed (a) adults and (b)

Female employees June 1972 June 1978
Accrington employment office area 8.2 8.9
North-East Lancashire 79.9 85.7

Mr. Arthur Davidson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what are the latest unemployment and percentage rates for women and men in (a) Accrington and (b) North-East Lancashire; how these figures compare with those of 1979; and what has been the percentage rate increase during this period;

(2) how many women in (a) Accrington and (b) North-East Lancashire, registered as unemployed upon being made redundant in 1981.

Mr. Peter Morrison

I shall reply to the hon. and learned Member as soon as possible.

Mr. Arthur Davidson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment which industries in (a) Accrington and (b) North-East Lancashire were the highest employers of women during the last 10 years; and what proportion of the total female work force they employed in 1972 and 1982.

Mr. Alison

The most recent figures are from the June 1978 census of employment. Censuses were not taken in 1979 and 1980 and the results of the September 1981 are not yet available. The available information for 1972 and 1978 is as follows:

school leavers are available for each job vacancy (i) in Wolverhampton, (ii) in the West Midlands and (iii) in the country as a whole;

(2) how many school leavers were unemployed in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands in June 1982, and in each of the previous four years in June;

(3) how many persons have been unemployed longer than (a) six months and (b) 12 months in (i) Wolverhampton, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) the country as a whole at the latest available date; and if he will give the corresponding figures for June 1980, June 1979 and June 1981 and the increase each year in percentage terms;

(4) what proportion of unemployed men over 54 years of age have been without a job for more than a year in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands.

Mr. Alison

I shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

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