§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people in Bishop Auckland constituency have never been in employment since leaving school.
§ Mr. Alison[pursuant to his reply, 26 October 1982]At 9 September, in the area covered by the Bishop Auckland, Barnard Castle and Newton Aycliffe employment offices, which corresponds closely to the Bishop Auckland parliamentary constituency, the number of registered unemployed young people aged under 19 years who had not entered employment since completing full-time education was 930.
§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide a breakdown of unemployment in the Bishop Auckland constituency showing percentage unemployed by Standard Industrial Classification Order.
§ Mr. Alison[pursuant to his reply, 26 October 1982]The following table gives for May 1982, the last date for which an industrial analysis was made, the numbers of registered unemployed people who last worked in the industries specified and expresses these as percentages of the total number unemployed at May 1982. The figures relate to the area covered by the Bishop Auckland, Barnard Castle and Newton Aycliffe employment offices, which corresponds closely to the Bishop Auckland parliamentary constituency.
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Standard Industrial Classification, 1968 Number unemployed As a percentage of total unemployed Agriculture, forestry, fishing 68 1.1 Mining and quarrying 72 1.1 Food, drink and tobacco 62 1.0
Number unemployed As a percentage of total unemployed Coal and petroleum products 1 0.0 Chemicals and allied industries 173 2.7 Metal manufacture 70 1.1 Mechanical engineering 347 5.4 Instrument engineering 11 0.2 Electrical engineering 531 8.3 Shipbuilding and marine engineering 4 0.1 Vehicles 280 4.4 Metal goods not elsewhere specified 214 3.3 Textiles 98 1.5 Leather, leather goods and fur 23 0.4 Clothing and footwear 157 2.5 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement, etc. 92 1.4 Timber, furniture, etc. 161 2.5 Paper, printing and publishing 66 1.0 Other manufacturing industries 62 1.0 Construction 1,034 16.1 Gas, electricity and water 19 0.3 Transport and communication 192 3.0 Distributive trades 470 7.3 Insurance, banking, finance and business services 59 0.9 Professional and scientific services 189 3.0 Miscellaneous services 474 7.4 Public administration and defence 305 4.8 Not classified by industry(including school leavers) 1,172 18.3 Total 6,406 100.0