§ Mr. Brocklebank-Fowlerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the total numbers of unemployed, the numbers of persons unemployed for over a year, and the numbers of individuals on youth opportunity programme schemes for March 1979, March 1980, March 1981 and March 1982 for each of the areas covered by the employment offices at King's Lynn, Hunstanton, Fakenham, Swaffham and Downham Market.
§ Mr. Alison[pursuant to his reply, 30 April 1982, c. 388]: Table 1 gives the total numbers registered as unemployed for the dates and the areas specified. The 75W analysis by duration of unemployment is made quarterly in January, April, July and October and table 2 gives the numbers unemployed for over 52 weeks at April in each of the years 1979, 1980 and 1981 and for January 1982, the latest available.
Table 1—Total numbers registered as unemployed at employment office areas King's Lynn Hunstanton Fakenham Swaffham Downham Market March 1979 1,929 419 628 472 456 March 1980 1,746 435 543 427 419 March 1981 3,332 688 830 703 706 March 1982 4,069 768 1,082 881 809
Table 2—Numbers unemployed for over 52 weeks at employment office areas King's Lynn Hunstanton Fakenham Swaffham Downham Market April 1979 468 87 180 132 85 April 1980 334 94 163 108 73 April 1981 586 144 170 112 106 January 1982 1,132 190 244 224 184