§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of long-term unemployed at t he latest available date distinguishing between adults and others, and between men and women; and if he will provide figures on the same basis for each year since 1954.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following table gives the available information for Great Britain. Figures for the month of January are not available prior to 1963.
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Unemployed for over 52 weeks Male Female Aged under 18 Aged 18 and over Aged under 18 Aged 18 and over Registered unemployed December each year 1953 46 26,625 53 6,085 1954 45 22,412 47 4,618 1955 44 17,803 24 3,393 1956 30 18,291 18 3,572 1957 44 24,766 23 4,438 1958 91 39,070 60 7,139 1959 191 53,225 88 9,395 1960 96 46,061 72 7,902 1961 83 40,128 77 6,770 January each year 1963 162 55,685 99 8,919 1964 380 66,022 229 10,317 1965 152 51,942 138 7,828 1966 111 43,440 89 6,368 1967 122 46,740 99 6,678
Male Female Aged under 18 Aged 18 and over Aged under 18 Aged 18 and over 1968 183 71,781 157 8,725 1969 150 82,384 97 8,211 1970 161 88,977 96 8,130 1971 189 95,860 110 8,642 1972 491 129,470 278 11,734 1973 853 160,659 504 14,897 1974 — — — — 1975 — — — — 1976 956 162,568 611 18,213 1977 1,973 240,464 2,224 39,656 1978 2,826 269,713 2,992 58,386 1979 2,120 266,707 2,292 63,681 1980 1,036 263,168 1,265 69,659 1981 2,006 334,980 1,908 91,366 1982 6,222 676,394 4,780 175,147 Unemployed claimants 1983 6,679 861,637 5,073 185,222 1984 9,752 *873,179 7,354 241,706 — Not available * Affected by the provisions announced in the 1983 Budget for unemployed men aged 60 and over; by January 1984 it was estimated that about 125,000 in the over 52 weeks category had been relieved of the need to sign on.