§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing (a) the levels of ethnic minority unemployment on a region-by-region basis, (b) the estimated working population on the same basis and (c) if he will express (a) as a percentage of (b) in each case at the latest convenient date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Alison[pursuant to his reply, 17 June 1982, c. 320]: Information on the ethnic origin of those within the working population is not available.
Estimates, for the second quarter of 1981, of the numbers of economically active persons of non-white origin and of these the numbers and proportions out of employment are attached.
Economically active Out of employment Out of employment as a proportion of economically active (Thousands) (Thousands) (Per cent.) North-West 66 14 21 South-East 511 68 13 East Midlands 75 14 18 West Midlands 149 35 24 Yorkshire and Humberside 58 14 23 These estimates are based on preliminary results from the 1981 labour force survey. The sample numbers in this survey are too small to produce reliable estimates for other regions.