§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the percentage change in the number of people employed in the United Kingdom (a)in vehicle manufacture, (b) in textile manufacture and (c)in mechanical engineering between May 1979 and the latest available date.
§ Mr. AlisonBetween May 1979 and February 1983 the number of employees in employment in Great Britain—not available for the United Kingdom— decreased by 36.4 per cent. in motor vehicle manufacture, 35.4 per cent. in textiles and 24.6 per cent. in mechanical engineering. The figures are provisional.
§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many (a) school leavers, (b) people under 25 years, (c) people aged 25 to 44 years, (d) people aged 45 to 54 years and (e) people aged 55 years and over, respectively, were unemployed in April 1979 and January 1983, respectively, in the travel-to-work areas most closely corresponding to the following constituencies: (i) Birmingham, Erdington, (ii) Crawley, (iii) Cambridge, (iv) Great Yarmouth, (v) Pendle, (vi) Ilford North, and (vii) Gravesham, respectively;
(2) how many people were unemployed in April 1979 and January 1983, respectively, in each of the following categories (a) up to 26 weeks, (b) 26 to 52 weeks, (c) 52 to 104 weeks, (d) 104 to 156 weeks and (e) over 156 weeks in the travel-to-work areas most closely corresponding to the following constituencies: (i) Birmingham, Erdington, 478W (ii) Crawley, (iii) Cambridge, (iv) Great Yarmouth, (v) Pendle, (vi) Ilford North and (vii) Gravesham, respectively.
§ Mr. John Garrettasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many (a) school leavers, (b) people under 25 years, (c) people aged 25 to 44 years, (d) people aged 45 to 54 years and (e) people aged 55 years and over, respectively, were unemployed in April 1979 and January 1983, respectively, in the travel-to-work areas most closely corresponding to the following constituencies: (i) Gloucestershire, West, (ii) Hornsey and Wood Green, (iii) Rugby and Kenilworth, (iv) Watford, (v) Coventry South-West and (vi) Langbaurgh, respectively;
(2) how many people were unemployed in April 1979 and January 1983, respectively, in each of the following categories (a) up to 26 weeks, (b) 26 to 52 weeks, (c) 52 to 104 weeks, (d) 104 to 156 weeks and (e) over 156 weeks in each of the travel-to-work areas most closely corresponding to the following constituencies: (i) Gloucestershire, West, (ii) Hornsey and Wood Green, (iii) Rugby and Kenilworth, (iv) Watford, (v) Coventry South-West and (vi) Langbaurgh, respectively.
§ Mr. Ennalsasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many (a) school leavers, (b) people under 25 years, (c) people aged 25 to 44 years, (d) people aged 45 to 55 years, and (e) people aged 55 years and over, respectively, were unemployed in April 1979 and January 1983, respectively, in the travel-to-work areas most closely corresponding to the following constituencies: (a) Ilford, South, (b) Southampton, Test, (c) Erewash, (d) Putney, (e) High Peak, (f) Bolton North-East, and (g) Croydon, North-West, respectively;
(2) how many people were unemployed in April 1979 and January 1983 respectively, in each of the following categories (a) up to 26 weeks, (b) 26 to 52 weeks, (c) 52 to 104 weeks, (d) 104 to 156 weeks and (e) over 156 weeks in the travel-to-work areas most closely corresponding to the following constituencies: (i) Ilford, South, (ii) Southampton, Test, (iii) Erewash, (iv) Putney, (v) High Peak, (vi) Bolton North-East and (vii) Croydon, North-West, respectively.
§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many (a) school leavers, (b) people aged under 25 years, (c) those aged 25 to 44 years, (d) those aged 45 to 54 years, and (e) those aged over 65 years, respectively, were unemployed in April 1979 and January 1983 in the travel-to-work areas most closely corresponding to the constituencies of (i) Hornchurch, (ii) Luton South, (iii) Stockton, South, (iv) Birmingham, Selly Oak and (v) Glanford and Scunthorpe, respectively.
§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many (i) school leavers, (ii) people aged under 25 years, (iii) people aged 2 to 44 years, (iv) people aged 45 to 54 years and (v) people aged 55 years and over, respectively, were unemployed in April 1979 and January 1983, respectively, in the travel-to-work areas most closely corresponding to the following constituencies: (a) Oxford, East, (b) Corby, (c) Nottingham, East, (d)Slough, (e) Mitcham and Morden, (f) Hertfordshire West, (g) Batley and Spen, (h) The Wrekin, (i) Ealing, North, (j) Southampton, Itchen, (k) Stevenage, (l) North-West Leicestershire, (m) South Derbyshire, (n) Halifax, (o) Edmonton, (p) Lewisham, West, and (q) Ellesmere Port and Neston, respectively;
479W(2) how many people were unemployed in April 1974 and January 1983, respectively, in each of the following categories (a) up to 26 weeks, (b) 26 to 52 weeks, (c) 52 to 104 weeks, (d) 104 to 156 weeks and (e) over 156 weeks in the travel-to-work areas most closely corresponding to the following constituencies: (a) Oxford, East, (b) Corby, (c)Nottingham, East, (d) Slough, (e) Mitcham and Morden, (f) Batley and Spen, (g) Hertfordshire, West, (h) The Wrekin, (i) Ealing, North, (j) Southampton, Itchen, (k)Stevenage, (l) Ellesmere Port and Neston, (m) Northwest Leicestershire, (n) Derbyshire, South, (o) Halifax, (p) Edmonton and (q) Lewisham, West, respectively.
§ Mr. Dixonasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) (a) how many school leavers, (b) people aged under 25 years, (c) people aged 25 to 44 years, (d) people aged 45 to 54 years and (e) people aged 55 years and over, respectively, were unemployed in April 1979 and January 1983, respectively, in the travel-to-work areas most nearly corresponding to the following parliamentary constituencies: (a) Elmet, (b) West Lancashire, (c) Brentford and Isleworth, (d) Northampton, North, (e) Newark, and (f) Jarrow, respectively;
(2) how many (a) school leavers, (b) people aged under 25 years, (c) people aged 25 to 44 years, (d) people aged 45 to 54 years and (e) people aged 55 years and over, respectively, were unemployed in April 1979 and January 1983, respectively, in the travel-to-work areas most nearly corresponding to the following parliamentary constituencies: (i) Stockport, (ii) Dartford, (iii) Manchester, Withington, (iv) Streatham, (v) South-East Staffordshire, (vi) Dover, (vii) Wallasey, and (viii) Jarrow, respectively;
(3) how many people were unemployed in April 1979 and January 1983, respectively, in each of the following categories (a) up to 26 weeks, (b) 26 to 52 weeks, (c) 52 to 104 weeks, (d) 104 to 156 weeks and (e) over 156 weeks in the travel-to-work areas most nearly corresponding to the following parliamentary constituencies: (i) Stockport, (ii) Dartford, (iii) Manchester, Withington, (iv) Streatham, (v) South-East Staffordshire, (vi) Dover, (vii) Wallasey, and (viii) Jarrow, respectively;
(4) how many people were unemployed in April 1979 and January 1983, respectively, in each of the following categories (a) up to 26 weeks, (b) 26 to 52 weeks, (c) 52 to 104 weeks, (d) 104 to 156 weeks and (e) over 156 weeks in the travel-to-work areas most closely corresponding to the parliamentary constituencies of (i) Elmet, (ii) West Lancashire, (iii) Brentford and Isleworth, (iv) Northampton, North, (v) Newark, and (vi) Jarrow, respectively.
§ Mr. Charles R. Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many (a) school leavers, (b) people aged under 25 years, (c) people aged 25 to 44 years, (d) people aged 45 to 54 years and (e) people aged 55 years and over, respectively, were unemployed in April 1979 and January 1983, respectively, in the travel-to-work areas most nearly corresponding to the following parliamentary constituencies: (i) Birmingham, Yardley, (ii) Chorley, (iii) Norwich, North, (iv) Crewe and Nantwich, (v) Rossendale and Darwen, and (vi) Newcastle, Central, respectively;
(2) how many people were unemployed in April 1979 and January 1983, respectively, in each of the following categories (a) up to 26 weeks, (b) 26 to 52 weeks, (c) 52 to 104 weeks, (d) 104 to 156 weeks and (e) over 156 weeks 480W in the travel-to-work areas most nearly corresponding to the following parliamentary constituencies: (i) Peterborough, (ii) Eltharn, (iii) Bury, North, (iv) Norfolk, North-West and (v) Wansdyke, respectively;
(3) how many (a) school leavers, (b) people aged under 25 years, (c) people aged 25 to 44 years, (d) people aged 45 to 54 years and (e) people aged 55 years and over, respectively, were unemployed in April 1979 and January 1983, respectively, in the travel-to-work areas most nearly corresponding to the following parliamentary constituencies: (i) Peterborough, (ii) Eltham, (iii) Bury, North, (iv) Norfolk, North-West and (v) Wansdyke, respectively.
§ Dr. John Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many (a) school leavers, (b) people aged under 25 years, (c) people aged 25 to 44 years, (d) people aged 45 to 54 years and (e) people aged over 55 years and over respectively, were unemployed in April 1979 and January 1983, respectively, in the travel-to-work areas most closely corresponding to the following parliamentary constituencies: (i) Medway, (ii) Lincoln, (iii) Hampstead and Highgate, (iv) Bristol, North-West, (v) Enfield, North, (vi) Bolton, West, (vii) Littleborough and Saddleworth, and (viii) Whitehaven, respectively;
(2) how many people were unemployed in April 1979 and January 1983, respectively, in each of the following categories (a) up to 26 weeks, (b) 26 to 52 weeks, (c) 52 to 104 weeks, (d) 104 to 156 weeks and (e) over 156 weeks in the travel-to-work areas most nearly corresponding to the parliamentary constituencies of (i) Medway, (ii) Lincoln, (iii) Hampstead and Highgate, (iv) Bristol, North-West, (v) Enfield, North, (vi) Bolton, West, (vii) Littleborough and Saddleworth, and (viii) Whitehaven, respectively.
§ Mr. Dormandasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were unemployed in April 1979 and January 1983, respectively, in each of the following categories (a) up to 26 weeks, (b) 26 to 52 weeks, (c) 52 to 104 weeks, (d) 104 to 156 weeks and (e) over 156 weeks in the travel-to-work areas most nearly corresponding to the following parliamentary constituencies: (i) Birmingham, Yardley, (ii) Chorley, (iii) Norwich, North, (iv) Crewe and Nantwich, (v) Rossendale and Darwen and (vi) Newcastle, Central, respectively.
§ Mr. AlisonIt has not been possible to provide the information requested in the time available.
§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were unemployed and what was the percentage rate in May 1979 and March 1983, respectively, in each of the travel-to-work areas most closely corresponding to the following constituencies: (a) Birmingham, Erdington, (b) Crawley, (c) Cambridge, (d) Great Yarmouth, (e) Pendle, (f) Ilford, North, and (g)Gravesham, respectively.
§ Mr. John Garrettasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were unemployed and what was the percentage rate in May 1979 and March 1983, respectively, in each of the travel-to-work areas most closely corresponding to the following constituencies: (a) Gloucestershire, West (b) Hornsey and Wood Green, (c) Rugby and Kenilworth, (d) Coventry, South-West, (e) Watford and (f) Langbaurgh, respectively.
§ Mr. Ennalsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were unemployed and 481W what was the percentage rate in May 1979 and March 1983, respectively, in each of the travel-to-work areas most closely corresponding to the following constituencies: (a)Ilford, South, (b)Southampton, Test, (c)Erewash, (d)Putney, (e)High Peak, (f)Bolton, North-East, and(g)Croydon, North-West.
§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were unemployed and what was the perentage rate in May 1979 and March 1983, respectively, in each of the travel-to-work areas most closely corresponding to the following constituencies: (a)Oxford, East, (b)Corby, (c)Nottingham, East, (d)Slough, (e)Mitcham and Morden, (f)Hertfordshire, West, (g)The Wrekin, (h)Ealing, North, (i)Ellesmere Port and Neston, (j)Southampton, Itchen, (k)North-West Leicestershire, (l)South Derbyshire, (m)Halifax, (n)Edmonton, (o)Lewisham, West, (p)Stevenage and (q)Batley and Spen, respectively.
§ Mr. Charles R. Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were unemployed and what was the percentage rate in May 1979 and March 1983, respectively, in the travel-to-work areas most nearly corresponding to the following parliamentary constituencies: (a)Peterborough, (b)Eltham, (c)Bury North, (d)Norfolk, North-West and (e)Wansdyke, respectively.
§ Mr. Dormandasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were unemployed and what was the percentage rate in May 1979 and March 1983, respectively, in the travel-to-work areas most nearly corresponding to the parliamentary constituencies of (a)Birmingham, Yardley, (b)Chorley, (c)Norwich, North, (d)Crewe and Nantwich, (e)Rossendale and Darwen and (f)Newcastle, Central, respectively.
§ Dr. John Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were unemployed and what was the percentage rate in May 1979 and March 1983, respectively, in the travel-to-work areas most nearly corresponding to the following parliamentary constituencies: (a)Medway, (b)Lincoln, (c)Hampstead and Highgate, (d)Bristol, North-West, (e)Enfield, North, (f)Bolton, West, (g)Littleborough and Saddleworth and (h)Whitehaven, respectively.
§ Mr. Dixonasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many people were unemployed and what was the percentage rate in May 1979 and March 1983, respectively, in the travel-to-work areas most closely corresponding to the parliamentary constituencies of (a)Elmet, (b)West Lancashire, (c)Brentford and Isleworth, (d)Northampton, North, (e)Newark and (f)Jarrow, respectively;
(2) how many people were unemployed and what was the percentage rate in May 1979 and March 1983, respectively, in the travel-to-work areas most closely corresponding to the parliamentary constituencies of (a)Stockport, (b)Dartford, (c)Manchester, Withington, (d)Streatham, (e)South-East Staffordshire, (f)Dover, (g)Wallasey, and (h)Jarrow, respectively.
§ Mr. AlisonThe March 1983 figures for all the travel-to-work areas in England were published in table 2.4 of the labour market data section of the April 1983 issue ofEmployment Gazette, a copy of which is in the Library. The May 1979 figures for the corresponding areas are given in the following table.
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Number Percentage rate South East *Aldershot 1,989 2.4 Alton 236 2.5 Andover 486 2.6 Ashford (Kent) 1,037 3.9 Aylesbury 974 2.2 Banbury 1,235 4.5 Basingstoke 1,337 2.9 *Bedford 2,613 3.1 *Braintree 1,199 3.4 *Brighton 7,770 5.7 Buckingham 109 2.2 *Canterbury 1,902 4.8 *Chatham 6,601 5.6 *Chelmsford 1,970 2.9 *Chichester 1,797 3.8 Clacton-on-Sea 1,497 8.4 Colchester 2,514 4.4 Cranbrook 276 4.5 *Crawley 3,182 2.0 Dover 971 4.2 *Eastbourne 1,532 3.7 *Folkestone 1,588 5.9 *Greater London 134,050 3.5 *Guildford 1,951 2.1 *Harlow 2,200 3.0 Harwich 296 3.5 *Hastings 2,500 5.8 *Hertford 676 1.8 *High Wycombe 1,739 1.9 *Hitchin 1,369 2.6 *Luton 5,316 4.0 Lymington 614 4.9 Maidstone 2,325 2.9 Margate 1,559 9.1 Milton Keynes 2,530 5.9 Newbury 955 3.6 *Newport (IOW) 2,123 5.2 *Oxford 6,746 3.8 *Portsmouth 9,943 4.9 *Ramsgate 2,464 7.1 *Reading 4,201 2.5 Sheerness 861 8.1 *Sittingbourne 1,257 5.3 *Slough 2,235 1.9 *Southampton 7,743 3.6 *Southend-on-Sea 10,969 5.6 *St. Albans 1,583 1.8 Stevenage 1,318 3.4 *Tunbridge Wells 2,158 2.6 *Watford 2,819 2.3 *Worthing 2,104 3.6 East Anglia *Beccles 396 4.1 Bury St. Edmunds 877 3.2 Cambridge 2,056 2.4 Cromer 660 8.2 Dereham 684 8.4 Diss 449 4.3 Downham Market 405 6.8 Ely 441 4.6 Fakenham 524 7.2 Great Yarmouth 2,694 7.2 Halesworth 276 6.6 Haverhill 319 3.1 Hunstanton 376 10.5 Huntingdon 847 3.7 *Ipswich 3,881 3.6 Kings Lynn 1,821 6.4 Leiston 267 5.4 Lowestoft 1,602 5.7 March 411 5.1 *Newmarket 588 3.7 North Walsham 372 4.6 *Norwich 5,152 4.1 Peterborough 3,399 5.0 484W
Number Percentage rate St. Neots 348 3.2 Sudbury 486 3.8 *Thetford 865 4.5 Wisbech 1,132 7.4 South West *Axminster 412 7.8 Barnstable 1,241 5.6 Bath 2,429 5.2 Bideford 915 7.8 Blandford 298 4.1 Bodmin 428 6.7 *Bournemouth 6,286 4.5 *Bridgwater 1,576 5.7 Bridport 417 6.5 *Bristol 16,894 5.3 Bude 457 9.8 Camelford 290 11.5 Chard 316 4.0 *Cheltenham 2,632 3.7 *Chippenham 1,167 4.2 Cirencester 364 3.5 Dartmouth 248 10.8 Devizes 280 3.2 Dorchester 391 2.6 Dursley 365 3.3 *Exeter 3,664 5.0 Falmouth 1,273 11.4 *Forest of Dean 768 3.9 Frome 448 5.1 Gloucester 2,721 4.1 Helston 876 15.9 Honiton 549 6.8 Ilfracombe 502 11.9 Kingsbridge 421 9.9 Launceston 370 7.3 *Liskeard 497 7.7 Midsomer Norton 506 4.8 Minehead 342 4.3 Newquay 857 9.2 Okehampton 254 6.0 Penzance 1,250 10.9 *Plymouth 9,613 7.9 *Redruth 2,341 10.5 *Salisbury 1,566 4.1 Shaftesbury 315 5.7 St. Austell 1,329 6.5 St. Ives 421 12.5 *Stroud 967 4.1 Swindon 4,315 5.4 Taunton 1,566 3.8 Tiverton 719 6.4 *Torbay 5,356 7.7 *Trowbridge 876 3.4 Truro 1,246 7.5 Wadebridge 341 9.7 *Wareham 264 3.2 Warminster 453 4.1 *Wells 587 2.8 Weston-Super-Mare 1,955 7.5 Weymouth 1,208 6.3 *Yeovil 1,541 3.8 West Midlands *Birmingham 40,149 5.7 Burton-upon-Trent 1,273 3.5 *Coventry 15,429 6.3 *Dudley and Sandwell 12,219 3.9 Evesham 399 2.8 Hereford 1,880 5.2 *Kidderminster 1,985 5.0 Leamington 1,890 3.8 Ledbury 226 5.6 Leek 550 4.0 Leominster 385 6.7 Ludlow 490 6.3 Market Drayton 349 7.0 485W
Number Percentage rate *Oakengates 4,460 7.8 Oswestry 720 5.4 Redditch 1,533 4.6 Ross-on-Wye 304 5.8 Rugby 1,491 4.8 Shrewsbury 1,537 3.7 *Stafford 1,689 3.0 *Stoke-on-Trent 8,069 4.1 Stratford-on-Avon 484 2.7 Uttoxeter 249 3.4 *Walsall 8,429 5.1 Whitchurch 219 4.3 *Wolverhampton 8,181 5.6 *Worcester 3,100 4.3 East Midlands Alfreton 1,105 4.7 Boston 1,576 6.5 *Buxton 519 2.5 *Chesterfield 4,119 5.0 *Coalville 1,545 3.3 Corby 2,018 6.5 *Derby 5,003 3.4 Gainsborough 908 7.4 Grantham 1,055 5.0 Hinkley 809 3.2 Holbeach 345 5.2 Horncastle 185 6.2 Kettering 1,054 3.5 *Leicester 10,900 4.7 Lincoln 3,941 6.2 Loughborough 1,279 2.9 Louth 378 4.9 Mablethorpe 462 12.7 Mansfield 3,518 5.8 Market Harborough 207 2.4 *Matlock 386 2.3 Melton Mowbray 569 4.4 Newark 966 4.3 *Northampton 3,146 3.0 *Nottingham 16,192 4.8 Retford 615 4.2 Rushden 270 1.7 Skegness 1,304 10.4 Sleaford 549 6.0 Spalding 702 5.2 *Stamford 1,021 4.7 Sutton-in-Ashfield 1,315 3.8 Wellingborough 966 3.9 Worksop 1,408 5.2 Yorkshire and Humberside *Barnsley 5,168 6.4 *Bradford 10,357 6.2 Bridlington 925 9.2 *Castleford 3,602 5.8 *Dewsbury 2,994 4.6 *Doncaster 7,987 7.2 Driffield 121 1.9 Filey 170 4.0 Goole 799 6.5 Grimsby 4,532 60 *Halifax 2,635 3.6 Harrogate 1,207 3.5 Huddersfield 3,467 3.8 *Hull 14,300 7.9 Keighley 1,342 4.5 *Leeds 16,222 4.7 Maltby 719 7.9 Malton 269 4.0 *Mexborough 2,868 9.5 Northallerton 573 3.7 Pickering 273 4.5 Richmond 580 6.7 Ripon 250 3.8 Rotherham 4,352 7.1 Scarborough 1,589 6.3
Number Percentage rate *Scunthorpe 3,413 5.3 Selby 450 3.7 *Sheffield 13,273 4.5 Skipton 299 2.1 Thirsk 284 3.9 Todmorden 427 4.1 *Wakefield 3,599 4.9 Whitby 566 10.4 York 3,305 4.0 North West *Accrington 1,181 4.0 * Ashton-under-Lyne 3,858 4.1 Bamoldswick 197 2.7 *Birkenhead 15,796 10.1 *Blackburn 4,077 6.0 *Blackpool 6,865 6.4 *Bolton 6,226 5.6 *Burnley 2,046 4.1 *Bury 2,576 4.1 Chester 2,944 5.5 Clitheroe 194 1.7 *Crewe 2,161 3.4 *Lancaster 3,048 6.5 *Leigh 2,448 5.7 Liverpool 57,060 11.8 Macclesfield 1,018 3.7 *Manchester 36,634 5.2 *Nelson 1,082 4.2 *Northwich 1,724 4.3 *Oldham 3,633 3.7 *Ormskirk 3,354 10.8 *Preston 6,799 4.7 Rochdale 2,821 5.4 *Rossendale 892 4.5 Southport 2,475 7.5 St. Helens 5,080 7.8 *Warrington 3,908 5.0 *Widness 5,435 9.9 *Wigan 6,081 8.7 North *Alnick 792 7.4 Barnard Castle 274 6.2 Berwick-on-Tweed 374 4.4 Carlisle 2,506 5.0 *Central Durham 4,176 6.3 *Consett 3,283 10.5 *Darlington and South West Durham 4,940 6.1 *Furness 2,354 5.2 Haltwhistle 140 4.9 Hartlepool 5,308 11.8 Hexham 404 4.0 *Kendal 604 26 Keswick 115 4.0 *Morpeth 4,775 7.9
1983 1979 5 weeks ended 8 April Weekly Average 5 weeks* ended 7 April Weekly Average Hull Jobcentre area 913 183 1,912 383 Hull travel-to-work area 1,180 236 2,184 437 * Converted from four-week period. These figures do not represent the total number of vacancies in these areas. Nationally, it is estimated that about one third of all vacancies are notified to jobcentres.
§ Mr. Muddasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest estimate of the number of
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Number Percentage rate *North Tyne 18,881 7.0 Penrith 480 3.8 *Peterlee 2,643 9.9 *South Tyne 18,079 10.2 *Teesside 19,220 8.5 *Wearside 16,044 11.1 *Whitehaven 2,081 7.1 *Workington 2,163 7.1 *Travel-to-work area comprising two or more jobcentre areas.
§ Mr. Prescottasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the male and female unemployment for the Hull employment office area and travel-to-work area, percentage and absolute for 14 April 1983; and what were the comparable figures for 14 April 1979.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following table gives the number of males and females unemployed in the Hull jobcentre area and the numbers and percentage rates for the Hull travel-to-work area. Rates of unemployment are calculated only for complete travel-to-work areas.
Number Percentage rate Male Female Male Female Hull jobcentre area April 1979 (registered unemployed) 9,193 2,978 * * April 1983 (unemployed claimants) 16,770 5,578 * * Hull travel-to-work area April 1979 (registered unemployed) 11,151 3,554 9.8 5.2 April 1983(unemployed claimants) 22,129 7,425 20.0 10.6 * Not available.
§ Mr. Prescottasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many vacancies were notified to the jobcentres and employment offices in the Hull employment office area and the Hull travel-to-work area during the five weeks ended 8 April 1983; and what was the average number per week and for the same period in 1979.
§ Mr. GummerThe information requested is as follows:
people in employment in Cornwall; and how this compares with the mid-year figures for 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1982, respectively.
§ Mr. AlisonThe most recent figures show 125,300 employees in employment in Cornwall at June 1978. I regret that estimates for 1979 and later years are not available.
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§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people in the Keighley travel-towork area have been unemployed for (a) up to six months, (b) six months to 12 months, (c) 12 months to 18 months, (d)18 months to two years and (e) over two years, at the most recent practicable date and at May 1979.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following is the information for the Keighley jobcentre area at April 1979—not available for May—and at January 1983, the latest available.
Unemployed by duration Registered unemployed April 1979 Unemployed claimants January 1983 Up to 26 weeks 733 2,009 Over 26 and up to 52 weeks 239 790 Over 52 and up to 78 weeks 94 508 Over 78 and up to 104 weeks 42 191 Over 104 weeks 186 567
§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies in (a) the textile industry, (b) machine tool engineering, (c) general engineering, (d) service trades and (e) steel fabrication work have been made in the Keighley travel-to-work area since May 1979.
§ Mr. GummerThe number of redundancies, involving 10 or more employees, reported as due to occur in the Keighley travel-to-work area in the industries specified, between May 1979 and March 1983* is as follows:
Number (a) Textiles (Order XIII) 1,128 (b) Machine tool engineering (MLH 332) 381 (c) Mechanical engineering (Order VII) 634 (d) Service industries (Orders XXII-XXVII) 14 (e) Steel manufacture (MLH 311) nil * This includes provisional figures for March 1983. Information relating to April is not yet available.
§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young persons age 16 to 18 years are currently unemployed in the Keighley travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. AlisonAt 13 January 1983, the latest date for which an analysis by age is available, there were 463 unemployed claimants aged 18 years and under in the Keighley jobcentre area.
§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the increase in the level of unemployment between May 1979 and the most recent practicable date in the travel-to-work area which includes Ilkley in west Yorkshire.
§ Mr. AlisonBetween May 1979 and October 1982 the number of registered unemployed in the Leeds travel-towork area, which includes Ilkley, increased by 29,009. Between October 1982 and April 1983 the number of unemployed claimants in the area increased by 1,138.