HC Deb 29 July 1982 vol 28 cc654-7W
Dr. Roger Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the rate of increase between April 1979 and April 1982 in the number of persons registered as unemployed for more than 52 weeks for (i) England, (ii) each county in England and (iii) each of the economic regions.

Mr. Alison

The following is the information:

Percentage increase
England 180
Counties
Bedfordshire 226
Berkshire 226
Buckinghamshire 358
East Sussex 136
Essex 193
Hampshire 130
Hertfordshire 281
Isle of Wight 100
Kent 176
Oxfordshire 158
Surrey 203
West Sussex 147
Cambridgeshire 185
Norfolk 152
Suffolk 150
Avon 110
Cornwall 86
Devon 94
Dorset 139
Gloucestershire 145
Somerset 132
Wiltshire 150
Hereford and Worcester 156
Shropshire 213
Staffordshire 322
Warwickshire 150
Derbyshire 199
Leicestershire 189
Lincolnshire 146
Northamptonshire 286
Nottinghamshire 174
Humberside 157
North Yorkshire 56
Cheshire 204
Lancashire 193
Cleveland 221
Cumbria 157
Durham 165
Northumberland 69
Greater London 219
West Midlands 328
South Yorkshire 217
West Yorkshire 216
Greater Manchester 227
Merseyside 90
Tyne and Wear 89
Regions
South-East 201
East Anglia 160
South-West 113
West Midlands 288
East Midlands 190
Yorkshire and Humberside 187
North-West 153
North 128

Dr. Roger Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the rate of increase between April 1979 and April 1982 in the number of persons registered as unemployed for more than two years for (i) England, (ii) each county in England and (iii) each of the economic regions.

Mr. Alison

The following is the information:

Percentage increase
England 88
Counties
Bedfordshire 72
Berkshire 75
Buckinghamshire 180
East Sussex 58
Essex 74
Hampshire 35
Hertfordshire 67
Isle of Wight 32
Kent 69
Oxfordshire 50
Surrey 54
West Sussex 34
Cambridgeshire 61
Norfolk 54
Suffolk 48
Avon 53
Cornwall 37
Devon 69
Dorset 46
Gloucestershire 51
Somerset 54
Wiltshire 100
Hereford and Worcester 56
Shropshire 92
Staffordshire 130
Warwickshire 64
Derbyshire 84
Leicestershire 121
Lincolnshire 78
Northamptonshire 99
Nottinghamshire 117
Humberside 66
North Yorkshire 23
Cheshire 89
Lancashire 73
Cleveland 183
Cumbria 52
Durham 71
Northumberland 37
Greater London 106
West Midlands 176
South Yorkshire 113
West Yorkshire 100
Greater Manchester 111
Merseyside 66
Tyne and Wear 56
Regions
South-East 82
East Anglia 54
South-West 58
West Midlands 143
East Midlands 102
Yorkshire and Humberside 89
North-West 81
North 78

Mr. Prescott

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the annual rate of change in the level of unemployment in every region of the United Kingdom in each year since 1960.

Mr. Alison

[pursuant to his reply, 28 July 1982]: Because of extensive boundary changes to regions in 1966, the attached table gives the percentage changes in the annual average numbers registered as unemployed in the areas specified only from that date. Relatively minor boundary changes occurred in 1974, and the changes between 1973 and 1974 should be treated with caution.

Percentage change
1966–1967 1967–1968 1968–1969 1969–1970 1970–1971 1971–1972 1972–1973 1973–1974 1974–1975 1975–1976 1976–1977 1977–1978 1978–1979 1979–1980 1980–1981
South East +69.0 +0.6 -5.0 +3.2 +21.3 +6.0 -30.1 +2.2 +80.1 +51.9 +8.4 -7.0 -11.5 +28.7 +67.0
East Anglia +42.5 -1.7 +1.5 +11.5 +44.0 -6.0 -33.1 +4.4 +84.6 +42.0 +11.4 -4.9 -9.6 +27.8 +58.0
South West +40.0 -0.1 +6.7 +5.9 +20.8 +3-8 -27.3 +19.3 +82.9 +38.7 +8.6 -4.0 -11.1 +18.5 +46.8
West Midlands +121-8 +6.6 -11.5 +10.7 +49.0 +21.0 -38.7 -2.3 +94.8 +41.8 +0.9 -2.9 -1.8 +41.8 +72.4
East Midlands +61.2 +11.2 +4.0 +16.1 +27.8 +5.5 -31.2 +12.4 +65.8 +34.7 +8.5 +0-5 -6.1 +38.1 +58.4
Yorkshire and Humberside +68.5 +29.5 +1.9 +9.8 +31.7 +9.2 -32.3 -3.4 +52.4 +40.5 +5.1 +4.2 -3.7 +35.1 +55.3
North West +57.3 +3.4 -0.4 +9.8 +41.2 +23.4 -25.9 -4.3 +54.8 +32.1 +7.6 +0.7 -4.7 +30.0 +47.5
North +52.3 +17.1 +2.9 -1.2 +20.7 +10.9 -25.8 -1.3 +31.8 +28.3 +12.8 +6.4 -2.2 +24.0 +38.0
Wales +38.5 -1.2 -0.1 -4.0 +19-4 +10-4 -27-7 +7.9 +53.5 +32.9 +10.5 +6.0 -4.8 +27.9 +41.5
Scotland +34.7 -0.2 -2.1 +14.8 +37.0 +9.8 -28-6 -11.1 +30.2 +37.3 +18.4 +1.0 -1.7 +24.4 +36.1
Northern Ireland +25.1 -3.5 +1.3 -4.0 +14.0 +0.7 -23.5 -3.9 +40.3 +30.8 +11.0 +7.3 -0.7 +21.4 +33-7

Mr. Pendry

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will set out the increase in unemployment in Liverpool, Toxteth and Brixton for each month since June 1981 and the increase in youth unemployment for the same period.

Mr. Alison

[pursuant to his reply, 28 July 1982]: The following table gives the, monthly changes in the total numbers registered as unemployed in the Liverpool and Brixton employment office areas from June 1981. The figures include school leavers and are not seasonally adjusted. Separate unemployment statistics are not collected for Toxteth, which is part of the Liverpool employment office area. Some of the monthly changes in 1981 may reflect the effects of emergency procedures in benefit offices, following civil service industrial action.

Between April 1981 and April 1982, the latest date for which the quarterly analysis by age is available, the numbers of registered unemployed under 18 years of age increased by 91 in the Liverpool employment office area, and by 83 in the Brixton employment office area. Easter school leavers are included in the April 1982 figures but not in those for April 1981.

Liverpool employment office area Change from previous month Brixton employment office area Change from previous month
1981
July +311 +511
August -78 +745
September +855 +15
October -178 +281
November -1,702 -490
December -663 +163
1982
January +298 +344
February -363 +97
March -207 -39
April -206 -51
May -25 -247
June +1,050 +233
July +794 +68