§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the unemployment figures for each county in England categorised by sex, age and duration of unemployment in April 1979, together with the rate of change in each of the figures between April 1979 and April 1982.
§ Mr. AlisonThe information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Frank R. Whiteasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table comparing unemployment figures for (a) the Bury travel-to-work area, (b) the North-West region, (c) the South-East region and (d) the United Kingdom based on quarterly estimates since 2 March 1979.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following table gives the numbers of people registered as unemployed at each quarter month from March 1979 on the areas specified. The figures include school leavers and are not seasonally adjusted.
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Bury travel-to-work area North-West region South-East region United Kingdom December 8,106 417,838 669,063 2,940,703 1982 March 8,279 422,780 692,619 2,992,322 June 9,213 441,797 699,549 3,061,240
§ Mr. Frank R. Whiteasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a chart giving the unemployment figures in the Bury travel-to-work area over each of the last 12 months.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following is the information. The figures include school leavers and are not seasonally adjusted.
Numbers registered as unemployed 1981 August 8,471 September 8,397 October 8,477 November 8,207 December 8,106 1982 January 8,407 February 8,451 March 8,279 April 8,611 May 8,601 June 9,213 July *9,352 * Provisional.