§ Mr. Baldryasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many people in the Banbury travel-to-work area have been unemployed for (a) up to six months, (b) six to 12 months, (c) 12 to 18 months, (d) 18 months to two years and (e) over two years during the last month for which statistics are available;
(2) what are the unemployment figures for the Banbury travel-to-work area, categorised by sex, age and the duration of unemployment, for the last month for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following table contains the information for the Banbury jobcentre area on 13 October 1983, the latest date for which an analysis by age and duration of unemployment is available.
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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 Over 104 and up to 156 0 0 5 7 20 19 24 9 19 14 22 29 8 0 176 Over 156 and up to 208 0 0 0 1 14 7 14 11 10 13 18 12 2 0 102 Over 208 and up lo 260 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 5 4 6 1 4 0 0 27 Over 260 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 2 8 4 11 0 0 35 Total Males 55 99 115 98 304 184 177 156 151 153 152 220 175 0 2,039
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 1 3 4 2 6 3 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 26 Over 1 and up to 2 2 6 6 1 14 5 4 2 2 0 3 3 0 48 Over 2 and up to 4 8 7 13 8 19 9 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 75 Over 4 and up to 6 31 21 26 4 13 6 4 2 5 3 4 2 0 121 Over 6 and up to 8 0 2 8 5 11 7 4 3 1 1 4 3 0 49 Over 8 and up to 13 2 6 12 11 29 12 10 7 5 9 8 1 0 112 Over 13 and up to 26 2 13 19 16 52 33 14 12 6 14 13 7 0 201 Over 26 and up to 39 2 18 13 6 30 15 9 14 8 6 13 9 0 149 Over 39 and up to 52 0 8 10 8 26 16 9 5 2 6 12 13 0 115 Over 52 and up to 65 0 4 5 9 19 11 2 7 3 7 4 9 0 30 Over 65 and up to 78 0 1 5 3 10 4 3 3 4 1 2 5 0 41 Over 78 and up to 104 0 0 4 2 13 4 3 3 5 4 9 10 0 57 Over 104 and up to 156 0 0 5 6 13 1 3 5 2 4 9 14 0 62 Over 156 and up to 208 0 0 0 5 8 5 1 2 1 2 7 3 0 34 Over 208 and up to 260 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 7 Over 260 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 6 0 11 Total Females 48 89 130 86 266 131 74 74 47 61 91 87 0 1,184
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Males and 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 60–64 65 and over Total One or less 7 6 7 8 11 11 5 1 6 5 4 7 4 0 86 Over 1 and up to 2 4 12 11 9 31 11 10 10 8 2 6 10 7 0 131 Over 2 and up to 4 14 20 21 12 41 23 10 15 6 11 5 8 6 0 192 Over 4 and up to 6 58 37 50 12 30 15 7 11 10 6 11 8 8 0 283 Over 6 and up to 8 4 7 14 12 29 15 11 7 7 7 7 10 5 0 135 Over 8 and up to 13 2 20 20 19 52 33 23 19 8 19 18 9 15 0 257 Over 13 and up to 26 10 27 39 36 100 53 42 32 33 32 27 30 35 0 496 Over 26 and up to 39 4 28 23 17 62 29 26 39 22 20 26 28 22 0 346 Over 39 and up to 52 0 17 19 16 56 37 29 16 13 17 24 41 45 0 330 Over 52 and up to 65 0 12 9 11 32 22 20 11 18 21 20 27 15 0 218 Over 65 and up to 78 0 2 12 7 22 9 10 10 14 12 14 16 0 0 123 Over 78 and up to 104 0 0 10 6 45 18 12 14 14 13 18 32 3 0 185 Over 104 and up to 156 0 0 10 13 33 20 27 14 21 18 31 43 8 0 238 Over 156 and up to 208 0 0 0 6 22 12 15 13 11 15 25 15 2 0 136 Over 208 and up to 260 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 5 5 7 2 6 0 0 34 Over 260 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 7 2 9 5 17 0 0 46 Total Males and Females 103 188 245 184 570 315 251 230 198 214 243 307 175 0 3,223