§ Mr. Miscampbellasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest number of unemployed in the United Kingdom; and if he will give the percentage increase in unemployment since May 1981 for the United Kingdom and for Lancashire.
§ Mr. AlisonAt May 1982 the provisional number of people registered as unemployed in the United Kingdom was 2,969,443. The increases since May 1981 were 16.1 per cent. in the United Kingdom and 17.7 per cent. in Lancashire.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies, in groups of 10 or more employees, were reported to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands in 1979, 1980 and 1981, in total and by standard industrial classification order.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThere are no comprehensive statistics of redundancies. The numbers of redundancies, in groups of 10 or more employees, reported to the Manpower Services Commission as due to occur in the specified areas in 1979, 1980 and 1981 are shown, in total and by standard industrial classification order, in the following table:
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SIC Order Industry Wolverhampton travel-to-work area West Midlands 1979 1980 1981 1979 1980 1981 VII Mechanical Engineering 145 319 395 2,550 5,651 7,172 VIII Instrument Engineering — — — 49 239 157 IX Electrical Engineering 1,391 1,186 298 1,010 5,602 3,994 X Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering — — — 60 28 — XI Vehicles — 369 331 5,425 16,600 9,052 XII Metal Goods Not Elsewhere Specified 136 979 766 1,068 10,213 9,036 XIII Textiles 109 255 164 310 3,269 440 XIV Leather, Leather Goods and Fur — — — — 296 77 XV Clothing and Footwear — — — 292 1,218 924 XVI Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc — 14 24 1,372 4,682 4,480 XVII Timber, Furniture, etc. — 97 211 114 793 663 XVIII Paper, Printing and Publishing — — — 11 657 406 XIX Other Manufacturing Industries — 55 206 945 1,590 2,419 XX Construction 71 290 97 383 2,454 2,448 XXI Gas, Electricity and Water — — — — — 143 XXII Transport and Communication — 38 29 142 827 1,330 XXIII Distributive Trades 102 101 75 802 2,328 2,574 XXIV Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services — — — — 225 343 XXV Professional and Scientific Services — — 100 78 403 657 XXVI Miscellaneous Services — — 69 167 871 2,026 XXVI Public Administration and Defence — — — 5 182 959 All Industries and Services 4,143 6,369 3,713 19,320 69,435 59,556
§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many persons were unemployed in the South Yorkshire area (a) in May 1979 and (b) at the latest convenient date; and if he will publish separate figures of male and female unemployed, youth unemployment and of those who had been unemployed for over 12 months;
(2) how many persons were unemployed in the Barnsley travel-to-work area (a) in May 1979 and (b) at the latest convenient date; and if he will publish separate details of male and female unemployed, youth unemployment and of those who had been unemployed for over 12 months.
Table 1 Total numbers registered as unemployed May 1979 May 1982 (provisional) Male Female Total Male Female Total South Yorkshire Metropolitan County 23,883 10,484 34,367 61,218 23,650 84,868 Barnsley travel-to-work area 3,692 1,476 5,168 8,044 3,420 11,464
Table 2 Unemployed aged under 20 years Total (all ages) unemployed for over 52 weeks April 1979 April 1982 April 1979 April 1982 South Yorkshire Metropolitan County 5,610 16,471 9,781 31,035 Barnsley travel-to-work area 800 2,705 1,432 4,168