§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide a breakdown by number and percentage of those in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands who have been unemployed for one year or over by age group.
§ 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.
Unemployed for over 52 weeks Wolverhampton employment office area West Midlands region Age Number As a percentage of total for all ages Number As a percentage of total for all ages Under 18 93 1.2 1,218 0.9 18 205 2.8 3,054 2.3 19 358 4.8 5,543 4.2 20–24 1,446 19.4 24,422 18.4 25–29 906 12.2 16,515 12.5 30–34 735 9.9 13,221 10.0 35–44 1,170 15.7 20,626 15.6 45–49 548 7.4 9,685 7.3 50–54 628 8.4 11,499 8.7 55–59 701 9.4 12,917 9.8 60 and over 658 8.8 13,749 10.4 Total, all ages 7,448 100 132,449 100
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs in total are supported by the temporary short-time working compensation scheme for (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands for the last month for which figures are available.
§ Mr. AlisonThe number of potentially redundant jobs for which reimbursement for support was claimed under the temporary short-time working compensation scheme in May 1982 in the Wolverhampton employment office area was 230. The figure for the West Midlands as a whole was 14,030.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of persons unemployed, the percentage rate of unemployment and the total number of vacancies for (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands for the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following table gives the provisional figures at June 1982. As unemployment rates can be calculated only for complete travel-to-work areas all of the information for Wolverhampton has been given on this basis.
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Wolverhampton travel-to-work area West Midlands region Number registered as unemployed 24,238 350,526 Percentage rate of unemployment 16.6 15.3 Number of vacancies remaining unfilled
Wolverhampton travel-to-work area West Midlands region At At employment offices 263 6,934 At careers offices 61 774 The vacancy statistics relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and careers offices; vacancies notified to employment offices are estimated to be about one-third of all vacancies in the country as a whole. Because of possible duplication the figures for employment offices and careers offices should not be added together. The number of vacancies unfilled at a particular date takes no account of the flow of vacancies s being notified, filled or withdrawn which would reflect activity more closely. For example, during the twelve months to March 1982, 86,651 people were placed in jobs by employment offices in the West Midlands region. It is estimated that the public employment service accounts for about one in four of all placings.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the number registered as unemployed in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands for each of the following dates; (i) June 1979, (ii) June 1980, (iii) June 1981 and (iv) June 1982.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following is the information for the Wolverhampton employment office area and the West Midlands region at the dates specified.
Wolverhampton employment office area West Midlands region June 1979 7,605 121,521 June 1980 9,830 159,079 June 1981 16,749 305,650 June 1982* 18,511 350,526 * Provisional
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of Stale for Employment if he will provide a breakdown by number and percentage of those who have been unemployed for one year and over per Standard Industrial Classification in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands.
§ Mr. AlisonThe information is not available. The numbers registered as unemployed are not cross-analysed by both duration of unemployment and industrial classification.