HC Deb 18 July 1983 vol 46 cc10-1W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many primary and secondary teachers are currently registered as unemployed in Dundee.

Mr. Allan Stewart

I regret the information requested is not available as the occupational analysis of the unemployed was discontinued following the introduction of voluntary registration on 18 October 1982. At 9 September 1982, the latest date for which information is available, there were 54 secondary teachers and 124 primary teachers registered as unemployed in the Dundee jobcentre area.

Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many notifications of redundancy in Dundee have been made known to his Department since 9 June.

Mr. Allan Stewart

Statistics of redundancies are not available on a comprehensive basis and are compiled monthly but not for any lesser period. Provisional figures from the Manpower Services Commission for June indicate that there were six notifications of redundancies affecting 10 or more workers due to occur in that month in Dundee with an expected loss of 238 jobs.

Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been (a) the number unemployed for one year and over in Dundee and (b) the percentage of the total unemployed they comprised in May 1979, January 1981, April 1981, July 1981, October 1981, January 1982, April 1982, July 1982, October 1982, January 1983 and the latest available date.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The information requested is shown in the table below. It includes figures for April 1979 instead of May 1979 as the analysis of age and duration of unemployment is undertaken quarterly each January, April, July and October. The figures up to October 1982 are based on the number of unemployed registrants at jobcentres and careers offices (the old basis of the count); those from October 1982 to April 1983, the latest date for which information is available, are based on the number of unemployed claimants at unemployment benefit offices (the new basis of the count). Figures for October 1982 are included on both bases for purposes of comparison.

Unemployment in Dundee Numbers unemployed for more than 52 weeks
Registrant based count Claimant based count Percentage of Total Unemployed
April 1979 2,310 27.7
January 1981 3,916 22.9
April 1981 3,529 25.5
July 1981 4,151 27.4

Age and duration analysis of the unemployment register in Dundee
Males
Duration of unemployment in weeks Age
16 and under 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 10 12 7 11 56 38 21 27 19 16 19 16 9 0 261
Over 1 and up to 2 15 12 12 9 64 39 22 13 14 14 18 15 17 0 264
Over 2 and up to 4 16 30 16 16 88 52 36 32 19 24 19 25 19 0 392
Over 4 and up to 6 8 11 16 9 76 33 38 39 17 22 30 29 22 1 351
Over 6 and up to 8 25 28 18 14 59 50 35 17 20 20 21 22 24 0 353
Over 8 and up to 13 33 50 49 24 209 107 88 75 74 71 61 67 84 0 992
Over 13 and up to 26 84 60 83 58 296 178 140 106 66 83 85 80 73 0 1,392
Over 26 and up to 39 46 80 98 91 273 166 87 76 56 38 66 59 88 0 1,224
Over 39 and up to 52 0 41 78 53 229 139 81 67 44 40 47 59 56 0 934
Over 52 and up to 65 0 24 41 38 140 80 48 35 30 23 34 45 48 0 588
Over 65 and up to 78 0 18 37 39 114 58 70 46 44 30 15 35 40 0 546
Over 78 and up to 104 0 18 46 64 180 117 95 59 47 51 53 73 114 1 918
Over 104 and up to 156 0 0 28 70 255 183 149 112 90 98 83 91 106 0 1,265
Over 156 and up to 208 0 0 0 2 98 94 89 63 51 44 39 33 30 0 543
Over 208 and up to 260 0 0 0 0 38 52 73 64 46 78 36 37 12 0 436
Over 260 0 0 0 0 3 8 23 18 29 27 70 86 44 1 309
Total Males 237 384 529 498 2,178 1,394 1,095 849 666 679 696 772 786 3 10,766

Females
Duration of unemployment in weeks Age
16 and under 17 18 19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60 and over Total
One or less 11 3 5 5 30 21 5 7 9 15 6 8 0 123
Over 1 and up to 2 10 11 6 2 38 31 16 16 11 8 7 8 0 154
Over 2 and up to 4 13 24 13 15 42 35 21 24 13 13 12 11 0 233
Over 4 and up to 6 8 16 11 10 54 47 23 26 27 21 22 21 0 286
Over 6 and up to 8 10 16 13 9 60 26 26 16 12 26 24 17 0 255
Over 8 and up to 13 30 55 40 43 148 123 61 56 52 51 53 71 0 783
Over 13 and up to 26 64 54 72 54 197 125 91 46 52 26 47 32 1 861
Over 26 and up to 39 39 69 98 53 147 103 56 41 28 36 45 29 0 744
Over 39 and up to 52 0 26 41 32 116 85 40 27 15 31 23 27 0 463
Over 52 and up to 65 0 14 26 29 54 40 24 21 19 14 24 24 0 289
Over 65 and up to 78 0 14 19 12 41 17 15 16 7 15 22 18 1 197
Over 78 and up to 104 0 20 21 35 56 36 21 15 20 29 37 53 1 344
Over 104 and up to 156 0 0 22 21 69 28 15 14 27 24 46 58 0 324
Over 156 and up to 208 0 0 0 10 35 15 9 6 10 10 14 25 1 135
Over 208 and up to 260 0 0 0 0 6 11 10 4 6 14 6 11 0 68
Over 260 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 1 3 5 12 36 1 67
Total Females 185 322 387 330 1,099 744 435 336 311 338 400 447 5 5,339