§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total figure for redundancies notified to his Department in the Grimsby employment area since June 1979, specifying all individual cases of over 500 redundancies.
§ Mr. GummerA total of 4,284 redundancies, involving 10 or more employees, were reported as due to occur in the Grimsby employment area between 1 June 1979 and 31 March 1983. I cannot specify individual cases.
§ Mr. Winnickasked 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) Bury, South, (ii) Dulwich, (iii) Liverpool, Broadgreen, (iv) Nottingham, South, (v) Portsmouth, North, (vi) Birmingham, Erdington and (vii) Calder Valley, 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) Bury, South, (ii) 557W Dulwich, (iii) Liverpool, Broadgreen, (iv) Nottingham, South, (v) Portsmouth, North, (vi) Birmingham, Erdington and (vii) Calder Valley, respectively.
§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) 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) Dudley, West, (ii) Welwyn and Hatfield, (iii) Keighley, (iv) Westminster, North, (v) Fulham and (vi) Milton Keynes South, respectively;
(2) 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 that most closely correspond to the following constituencies: (i) Dudley, West, (ii) Welwyn and Hatfield, (iii) Keighley, (iv) Westminster, North, (v) Fulham and (vi) Milton Keynes, respectively.
§ Mr. AlisonIt has not been possible to provide the information requested in the time available.
§ Mr. Nigel Spearingasked 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) Dudley, West, (b) Welwyn and Hatfield, (c) Keighley, (d) Westminster, North, (e) Fulham and (f) Milton Keynes, respectively.
§ Mr. Winnickasked 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) Bury, South, (b) Dulwich, (c) Liverpool, Broadgreen, (d) Nottingham, South, (e) Portsmouth, North, (f) Birmingham, Erdington and (g) Calder Valley, respectively.
§ Mr. AlisonI refer the hon. Members to the answer I gave yesterday to the hon. Member for Stockport, North (Mr. Bennett).
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men and women were unemployed in the Hull travel-to-work area on 5 May 1979 and on 5 May 1983, respectively.
§ Mr. AlisonAt May 1979, the numbers of registered unemployed males and females in the Hull travel-to-work area were 10,679 and 3,621, respectively. The number of unemployed claimants at April 1983, the latest available, were 22,129 males and 7,425 females.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people aged 16 to 18 years were unemployed in the Hull travel-to-work area on 5 May 1979 and on 5 May 1983, respectively.
§ Mr. AlisonAt April 1979—not available for May —the number of registered unemployed aged 18 years and under in the Hull travel-to-work area was 1,608. The558W corresponding number of unemployed claimants was 4,162 at January 1983, the latest date for which an analysis by age is available.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many long-term unemployed men and women there were in the Hull travel-to-work area on 5 May 1979 and on 5 May 1983, respectively.
§ Mr. AlisonAt April 1979—not available for May — the numbers of males and females who had been registered as unemployed for over 52 weeks in the Hull travel-to-work area were 4,021 and 921, respectively. The coresponding numbers for unemployed claimants were 9,173 males and 1,694 females at January 1983, the latest date for which an analysis by duration of unemployment is available.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of unemployed in the Hull travel-to-work area on 5 May 1979 and on 5 May 1983, respectively, as an absolute figure and as a percentage; and what were the percentages for men, women and young persons aged between 16 and 18 years, respectively.
§ Mr. AlisonAt May 1979, the total number of registered unemployed in the Hull travel-to-work area was 14,300 and the unemployment rate was 7.9 per cent. — 9.4 per cent. for males and 5.3 per cent. for females. At April 1983, the latest available, the total number of unemployed claimants in the area was 29,554 and the unemployment rate was 16.4 per cent. —20 per cent. for males and 10.6 per cent. for females. Rates of unemployment by age are not calculated for local areas.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people whose last job was in manufacturing industry were unemployed in the Hull travel-to-work area on 5 May 1979; and what information he has for 5 May 1983.
§ Mr. AlisonAt May 1979 there were 4,019 unemployed people in the Hull travel-to-work area who last worked in manufacturing industries. There are no later figures available than those for May 1982 when the corresponding number was 8,423.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many fishermen were registered as unemployed in the Hull travel-to-work are on 5 May 1979 and on 5 May 1983, respectively.
§ Mr. AlisonAt June 1979—not available for May—the number of unemployed people registered at jobcentres in the Hull travel-to-work area for employment as fishermen was 268. The corresponding number at September 1982, the last date for which an analysis was made, was 372.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were employed in the fishing industry as fishermen, in fish processing and in trawler maintenance on 5 May 1979 and on 5 May 1983, respectively.
§ Mr. AlisonThe information is not available. The Department's employment statistics are analysed according to the 1968 standard industrial classification which does not separately distinguish the categories specified.
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the figures for unemployment, 559W figures and percentages and in total, the numbers unemployed for more than one year in the Grimsby employment area in April 1979 and April 1983 and the percentage rate, for males and females, of increase of all four figures.
§ Mr. GummerThe following table gives, for the Grimsby jobcentre area, the total numbers of unemployed males and females and, of these, the numbers who had
Males Females Total of which, unemployed for over 52 weeks Total of which, unemployed for over 52 weeks Number As a percentage of total Number As a percentage of total Registered unemployed April 1979 3,681 884 22.9 874 135 15.4 October 1982 8,257 2,915 35.3 2,350 433 18.4 Percentage increase 124.3 245.4 — 168.9 220.7 — Unemployed claimants October 1982 7,802 2,627 33.7 2,269 348 15.3 January 1983 9,250 2,794 30.2 2,435 382 15.7 Percentage increase 18.6 6.4 — 7.3 9.8 —
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the increase in unemployment figures and the percentage rate of growth in unemployment for June 1979 to the latest date in 1983 in numbers and percentages in West Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Japan.
§ Mr. AlisonReadily available information for a common date is as follows:
Seasonally adjusted unemployment, national definitions increase May 1979 to February 1983 Thousands Percentage West Germany 1,350 156 France 672 50 United Kingdom 1,747 139 United States of America 5,577 94 Japan 420 37 Source:
OECD 'Main Economic Indicators', supplemented by Labour Attache reports, etc.