§ Mr. Fisherasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young persons aged 16 to 18 years were unemployed in the Stoke-on-Trent travel-to-work area during the last month for which statistics were available; and what were the comparable figures in the same month in 1982, 1981, 1980 and 1979.
§ Mr. GummerThe following table gives the numbers of young people aged 18 years and under registered as unemployed in the Stoke-on-Trent travel-to-work area at354W April each year from 1979 to 1982 and the corresponding figure for the unemployed claimants at April 1983, the latest available.
Registered unemployed Numbers April 1979 653 April 1980 1,578 April 1981 2,502 April 1982 3,534 Unemployed claimants April 1983 3,550
§ Mr. Fisherasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men and women have been unemployed for more than 12 months in the Stoke-on-Trent travel-to-work area; and what were the comparable figures in 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982.
§ Mr. GummerThe following table gives the numbers of males and females registered as unemployed for over 52 weeks in the Stoke-on-Trent travel-to-work area at April each year from 1979 to 1982 and the corresponding figures for unemployed claimants at April 1983, the latest available.
Registered unemployed Male Female April 1979 1,758 236 April 1980 1,917 313 April 1981 3,227 756 April 1982 7,202 2,032 Unemployed claimants April 1983 8,887 2,424
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the latest unemployment figures.
§ Mr. GummerThe seasonally adjusted figures for June show a slight increase in unemployment over the previous month. Vacancies notified to jobcentres have, however, increased by 8,000 over the previous month.