HC Deb 09 April 1984 vol 58 cc95-6W
Mr. Sheerman

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many women are members of area manpower boards of the Manpower Services Commission; and what proportion this represents of all members.

Mr. Peter Morrison

There are 70 women on area manpower boards and this represents 7 per cent. of the total membership. Six boards are chaired by women.

Mr. Sheerman

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he has any plans for increasing the proportion of (a) young people, (b) women or (c) ethnic minorities on area manpower boards of the Manpower Services Commission.

Mr. Peter Morrison

I shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

Mr. Sheerman

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people of ethnic minorities are

Males
Duration of unemployment in weeks 16 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 7 21 20 20 88 56 52 42 35 27 22 24 25 0 439
Over 1 and up to 2 6 20 16 17 66 53 38 36 31 26 22 23 19 0 373
Over 2 and up to 4 5 23 22 16 91 50 42 34 29 20 25 24 26 0 407
Over 4 and up to 6 11 29 34 30 98 80 42 39 38 32 38 40 32 0 543
Over 6 and up to 8 11 26 30 21 120 61 62 51 28 36 31 34 28 0 539
Over 8 and up to 13 21 63 66 64 239 131 102 118 94 77 66 102 104 0 1,247
Over 13 and up to 26 89 253 332 210 587 306 229 202 126 144 148 162 168 0 2,956
Over 26 and up to 39 8 101 136 132 416 202 155 120 101 82 128 166 148 0 1,895
Over 39 and up to 52 1 47 94 97 258 154 122 118 95 94 111 133 135 0 1,459
Over 52 and up to 65 0 24 59 76 217 153 106 78 80 89 77 99 97 0 1,155
Over 65 and up to 78 0 40 92 89 246 153 119 99 105 86 101 124 46 0 1,300
Over 78 and up to 104 0 3 69 127 394 221 189 168 124 115 121 206 54 0 1,791
Over 104 and up to 156 0 0 29 99 531 323 292 323 227 212 167 257 67 0 2,527
Over 156 and up to 208 0 0 0 13 387 294 257 224 227 210 209 271 53 1 2,146
Over 208 and up to 260 0 0 0 0 87 94 61 70 35 41 67 79 14 0 548
Over 260 0 0 0 0 11 47 42 66 56 80 79 131 43 0 555
Total Males 159 650 999 1,011 3,836 2,378 1,910 1,788 1,431 1,371 1,412 1,875 1,059 1 19,880
Females
Duration of unemployment in weeks 16 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 7 14 25 27 91 42 32 25 15 9 12 7 0 306
Over 1 and up to 2 7 19 20 17 67 29 18 16 8 10 6 6 0 223
Over 2 and up to 4 5 14 22 25 81 39 18 15 13 13 8 6 0 259
Over 4 and up to 6 11 17 21 18 62 31 21 15 7 17 11 12 0 243
Over 6 and up to 8 8 17 31 11 75 47 21 5 10 5 7 10 0 247
Over 8 and up to 13 22 53 57 48 155 107 53 35 26 19 26 28 0 629
Over 13 and up to 26 82 205 336 172 376 219 115 84 61 73 71 76 0 1,870
Over 26 and up to 39 4 67 87 73 236 125 84 50 42 32 46 58 2 906
Over 39 and up to 52 3 44 74 58 144 126 65 39 36 36 30 32 1 688
Over 52 and up to 65 0 25 34 51 108 59 21 31 22 30 25 37 1 444
Over 65 and up to 78 0 25 56 59 105 48 21 21 30 25 21 44 1 456
Over 78 and up to 104 0 3 33 81 142 58 25 36 26 31 34 38 2 509
Over 104 and up to 156 0 0 24 60 226 45 33 28 28 50 52 61 3 610
Over 156 and up to 208 0 0 0 12 101 26 19 14 21 30 31 62 1 317
Over 208 and up to 260 0 0 0 0 44 22 7 11 8 15 10 27 0 144
Over 260 0 0 0 0 16 25 10 8 9 11 17 40 1 137
Total Females 149 503 820 712 2,029 1,048 563 433 362 406 407 544 12 7,958

members of area manpower boards of the Manpower Services Commission; and what proportion this represents of all members.

Mr. Peter Morrison

Seventeen, which represents 2.6 per cent. of all members. I understand that a number of others have been co-opted by individual boards from time to time.

Mr. Sheerman

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people (a) under 30 years, (b) under 25 years, (c) under 21 years and (d) under 18 years are members of area manpower boards of the Manpower Services Commission; and what proportion each figure represents of all members.

Mr. Peter Morrison

The information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.