§ Mr. Spenceasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people and adults, male and female, are registered as unemployed and seeking work in the travel-to-work areas of Malton and Easingwold, north Yorkshire; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GummerAt 14 April, the latest date for which an analysis by age is available, the number of unemployed claimants aged under 18 years in the area covered by the Malton and Thirsk jobcentres, which includes Easingwold, was 76–42 males and 34 females. The corresponding figure for those aged 18 years and over was 1,037–679 males and 358 females.
§ Mr. Boyesasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the unemployment figures for the travel-to-work areas in the Houghton and Washington constituency categorised by sex, age and the duration of unemployment for the latest date for which data are available; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following table gives the figures at 14 April, the latest available for the area covered by the 185W Houghton-le-Spring and Washington jobcentres, which most closely corresponds to the Houghton and Washington parliamentary constituency.
Males Duration of unemployment in weeks Age 16 17 18 19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65 and over Total One or less 66 5 9 6 29 16 22 10 6 5 5 12 4 — 195 Over 1 and up to 2 2 5 5 3 27 17 22 15 5 4 8 7 4 — 124 Over 2 and up to 4 8 12 11 9 38 29 32 15 5 9 7 9 5 — 189 Over 4 and up to 6 2 9 7 9 20 30 14 18 11 5 7 8 2 — 142 Over 6 and up to 8 4 7 5 4 27 30 16 14 8 6 5 4 6 — 136 Over 8 and up to 13 6 16 27 10 62 61 54 29 13 11 16 21 19 — 345 Over 13 and up to 26 8 29 55 36 128 100 83 62 40 39 34 69 37 — 720 Over 26 and up to 39 9 34 65 36 121 75 55 56 50 41 23 75 39 — 679 Over 39 and up to 52 — 11 42 23 105 66 57 34 28 23 13 53 41 — 496 Over 52 and up to 65 — 6 27 22 70 53 39 31 16 11 16 43 39 — 373 Over 65 and up to 78 — 2 11 18 71 58 33 30 21 11 14 29 55 — 353 Over 78 and up to 104 — 1 31 42 95 62 42 39 34 21 28 55 94 1 545 Over 104 and up to 156 — — 3 12 148 145 88 51 45 37 42 53 87 2 713 Over 156 and up to 208 — — — 2 49 53 42 38 26 36 26 32 66 — 370 Over 208 and up to 260 — — — — 7 10 8 6 5 10 5 8 19 — 78 Over 260 — — — — 1 4 — 1 1 2 16 30 41 — 96 Total Males 105 137 298 232 998 809 607 449 314 271 265 508 558 3 5,554
Females Duration of unemployment in weeks Age 16 17 18 19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 65 and over Total One or less — 48 12 6 3 14 11 3 2 8 2 3 1 — 113 Over 1 and up to 2 — 2 5 5 4 12 15 2 2 1 1 1 2 — 52 Over 2 and up to 4 — 9 13 8 4 23 13 9 6 2 2 — 2 — 91 Over 4 and up to 6 — 3 4 11 7 20 13 14 6 5 5 — 1 — 89 Over 6 and up to 8 — 5 8 8 5 14 10 9 5 2 2 5 1 — 74 Over 8 and up to 13 — 2 16 19 15 58 46 18 7 8 3 1 4 — 197 Over 13 and up to 26 — 7 21 61 34 116 75 32 17 20 16 13 7 — 419 Over 26 and up to 39 — 8 33 41 30 83 61 29 22 17 8 6 10 — 348 Over 39 and up to 52 — — 7 26 25 60 46 24 17 13 8 17 9 — 252 Over 52 and up to 65 — — 6 16 16 28 31 8 4 6 5 6 3 — 129 Over 65 and up to 78 — — 1 9 24 27 17 6 7 7 2 11 10 — 121 Over 78 and up to 104 — — 5 3 20 26 8 9 6 4 7 6 7 — 101 Over 104 and up to 156 — — — 3 10 50 10 6 3 8 9 22 15 — 136 Over 156 and up to 208 — — — — — 23 5 7 2 3 5 4 6 — 55 Over 208 and up to 260 — — — — — 4 2 — 1 1 1 4 4 — 17 Over 260 — — — — — — 3 1 — 1 — 10 11 — 26 Total Females — 84 131 216 197 558 366 177 107 106 76 109 93 — 2,220
§ Mr. Boyesasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people in the travel-to-work areas covered by the Houghton and Washington constituency have been unemployed for more than (a) 26 weeks, (b) 52 weeks and (c) 104 weeks; and what percentage these comprise of the total work force.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following table gives the information at 14 April, the latest available for the Wearside travel-to-work area which comprises the jobcentre areas of Houghton-le-Spring, Seaham, Southwick, Sunderland and Washington. It is only for this complete travel-to-work area, which is much larger than the constituency, that the rates requested are calculated.
Duration of unemployment Number As a percentage of total employees Over 26 and up to 52 weeks 5,795 4.2 Over 52 and up to 104 weeks 5,733 4.1 186W
Registered unemployed Unemployed claimants July 1970 July 1975 April 1980 April 1983 Unemployment by age Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Under 18 years 41 22 153 106 119 130 242 215 18–19 years 47 19 126 111 169 193 530 413
Duration of unemployment Number As a percentage of total employees Over 104 weeks 7,206 5.2
§ Mr. Boyesasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the unemployment levels in the travel-to-work areas in the Houghton and Washington constituency by sex and age for the years 1970, 1975, 1980 and the latest date available.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following table gives the figures for the area covered by Houghton-le-Spring and Washington jobcentres, which most closely corresponds to the Houghton and Washington parliamentary constituency. Information is given for unemployed claimants at April 1983, the latest available, and for registered unemployed at April 1980, July 1975 and July 1970; an analysis by age was not made for April in the earlier years.
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Registered unemployed Unemployed claimants July 1970 July 1975 April 1980 April 1983 Unemployment by age Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female 20–24 years 76 20 214 116 462 413 998 558 25–29 years 50 5 160 52 388 282 809 366 30–34 years 66 14 84 14 271 134 607 177 35–44 years 152 20 174 24 355 107 763 213 45–49 years 87 17 83 24 130 68 271 76 50–54 years 78 14 104 16 134 54 265 109 55–59 years 174 19 194 18 138 43 508 93 60 years and over 472 2 375 — 383 5 561 — All ages 1,243 152 1,667 481 2,549 1,429 5,554 2,220
§ Mr. Dormandasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number and percentage of people unemployed in the northern region and the United Kingdom, respectively.
§ Mr. GummerAt 9 June, the number of unemployed claimants in the northern region was 218,570 and the unemployment rate was 16.8 per cent. The corresponding figures for the United Kingdom were 2,983,921 and 12.5 per cent.