§ Miss Joan Lestorasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will set out the numbers of unemployed (a) men and(b) women by age group in the Slough and Reading travel-to-work areas for each year since 1979.
Age group Registered unemployed Unemployed claimants January 1979 January 1980 January 1981 January 1982 January 1983 Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Slough travel-to-work area Under 18 78 38 63 60 269 167 342 226 280 212 18 53 52 61 40 182 107 214 141 277 180 19 66 37 50 35 173 107 233 130 268 160 20–24 292 176 289 168 716 393 1,028 504 1,015 573 25–29 229 80 237 106 465 243 714 317 729 363 30–34 191 45 142 77 407 164 540 223 586 247 35–44 286 78 236 80 503 224 744 271 809 373 45–54 241 91 232 95 497 223 794 276 867 383 55–59 237 80 228 68 370 107 565 161 686 201 60 and over 399 3 356 3 590 9 777 7 892 — All ages 2,072 680 1,894 732 4,172 1,744 5,951 2,256 6,409 2,692 Reading travel-to-work area Under 18 190 130 177 134 437 227 562 384 600 382 18 143 76 113 70 275 181 400 261 505 332 19 170 92 155 82 320 160 360 210 488 294 20–24 658 336 659 390 1,364 780 1,791 1,010 1,775 796 25–29 469 191 452 229 943 344 1,135 417 1,101 398 30–34 407 108 340 134 742 262 866 305 813 275 35–44 615 137 562 174 1,049 255 1,351 374 1,257 368 45–54 510 160 491 173 989 234 1,229 347 1,200 364 55–59 391 97 345 117 542 125 715 187 807 206 60 and over 556 3 553 8 867 6 1,068 9 1,215 3 All ages 4,109 1,330 3,847 1,511 7,528 2,574 9,477 3,504 9,761 3,418