§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people in the Workington travel-to-work 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 during the last month for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThere are no later figures available than those for October 1983 which I gave to the hon. Member in my reply to him on 17 November 1983.— [Vol. 48, c.549.]
§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the unemployment figures for Cumbria, categorised by sex, age and the duration of unemployment, for the last month for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following is the information for unemployed claimants in Cumbria on 13 October 1983, the latest date for which an analysis by age and duration of unemployment is available.
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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 10 22 30 18 79 48 42 35 26 24 24 22 21 0 401 Over 1 and up to 2 12 14 26 26 86 45 27 35 35 18 19 36 29 0 408 Over 2 and up to 4 21 62 55 41 170 76 65 66 56 29 25 29 21 0 716 Over 4 and up to 6 358 99 138 34 146 54 61 55 27 30 34 53 32 1 1,122 Over 6 and up to 8 5 85 52 20 127 62 50 57 27 40 38 64 24 0 651 Over 8 and up to 13 5 125 71 50 192 99 103 73 53 40 54 48 57 0 970 Over 13 and up to 26 21 210 153 97 357 208 156 146 101 93 92 125 111 0 1,870 Over 26 and up to 39 31 113 125 49 228 135 106 88 72 72 65 120 105 0 1,309 Over 39 and up to 52 1 32 81 57 195 117 111 111 74 73 63 98 67 1 1,081 Over 52 and up to 65 0 37 65 67 161 133 90 61 61 57 47 128 42 0 949 Over 65 and up to 78 0 9 37 67 133 84 66 65 45 35 41 104 26 0 712 Over 78 and up to 104 0 0 29 74 165 133 115 97 69 75 73 124 23 0 977 Over 104 and up to 156 0 0 16 49 264 165 139 132 100 92 142 232 25 0 1,356 Over 156 and up to 208 0 0 0 5 164 127 126 86 82 78 80 89 10 0 847 Over 208 and up to 260 0 0 0 0 41 41 30 30 35 34 40 28 6 0 255 Over 260 0 0 0 0 7 11 19 20 21 32 77 115 12 0 314 Total Males 464 808 878 654 2,515 1,538 1,306 1,157 884 822 914 1,415 611 2 13,968
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 19 23 28 14 57 25 16 18 9 11 4 5 0 229 Over 1 and up to 2 26 27 29 20 86 57 23 20 13 14 10 11 0 336 Over 2 and up to 4 32 66 61 43 111 59 33 20 13 18 12 14 0 482 Over 4 and up to 6 208 159 198 45 112 68 37 24 18 17 17 11 0 914 Over 6 and up to 8 2 65 43 26 92 55 21 26 12 11 21 6 1 381 Over 8 and up to 13 1 93 65 48 178 116 56 44 39 44 29 16 0 729 Over 13 and up to 26 7 95 101 77 360 223 107 67 51 59 34 53 0 1,234 Over 26 and up to 39 14 71 70 59 214 167 95 64 48 40 39 46 0 927 Over 39 and up to 52 0 29 64 52 185 133 57 47 33 23 34 35 1 693 Over 52 and up to 65 0 39 57 73 111 91 41 25 24 29 34 31 0 555 Over 65 and up to 78 0 4 33 47 76 47 27 20 18 24 35 21 1 353 Over 78 and up to 104 0 2 14 39 90 53 23 20 28 32 30 36 0 367 Over 104 and up to 156 0 0 16 32 119 44 30 19 17 31 49 68 1 426 Over 156 and up to 208 0 0 0 7 77 20 7 11 8 19 41 33 0 223 Over 208 and up to 260 0 0 0 0 15 6 5 5 4 9 13 19 0 76 Over 260 0 0 0 0 10 6 6 3 4 6 29 48 0 112 Total Females 309 673 779 582 1,893 1,170 584 433 339 387 431 453 4 8,037
§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons aged 16 to 18 years were unemployed in the Workington travel-to-work area during the last month for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThere are no later figures available than those for October 1983 which I gave in my reply to the hon. Member on 17 November 1983.—[Vol. 48, c. 548–49.]
§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what proportion of (a) unemployed males and (b) unemployed females in the Barrow-in-Furness, Kendal, Whitehaven, Carlisle, Keswick and
Travel-to-work area Unemployed for over 52 and up to 104 weeks Per cent.
Unemployed for over 104 and up to 156 weeks Per cent.
Unemployed for over 156 weeks Per cent.
Male Female Male Female Male Female Furness* 15.6 16.2 6.4 5.3 10.3 4.9 Kendall* 18.0 15.5 6.1 3.5 4.5 3.2 Whitehaven* 19.7 14.2 9.4 5.9 11.7 4.8 Carlisle 17.9 13.9 9.1 3.4 13.1 5.1 Keswick 14.8 12.6 5.4 4.6 4.7 3.4 Penrith 15.8 12.6 8.6 3.4 6.8 3.4 Workington* 22.7 19.9 14.4 7.8 9.3 6.6 * Travel-to-work area comprising two or more jobcentre areas.
§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of persons
652WPenrith travel-to-work areas had been out of work for (i) one year, (ii) two years and (iii) three years at the latest available date;
(2) what proportion of (a) unemployed males and (b) unemployed females in the Workington travel-to-work area had been out of work for (i) one year, (ii) two years and (iii) three years at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following is the information for unemployed claimants on 13 October 1983, the latest date for which an analysis by duration of unemployment is available.
653Wunemployed, percentage rate of unemployment, and the total number of vacancies for (a) the Workington travel-to-work area and (b) Cumbria at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkOn 8 December 1983 the total number of unemployed claimants in the Workington travel-to-work area ws 5,267 and the unemployment rate was 17.0 per cent. The corresponding figures for Cumbria were 22,096 and 11.4 per cent. On 2 December the numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled at jobcentres and careers offices in the Workington travel-to-work area were 105 and one, respectively. The corresponding figures for Cumbria were 1,000 at jobcentres and 52 at careers offices. Vacancies notified to jobcentres are estimated to be about one-third of all vacancies in the country as a whole. Because of possible duplication the figures for jobcentres and careers offices should not be added together. The number of vacancies unfilled at a particular date takes no account of the flow of vacancies being notified, filled or withdrawn which would reflect activity more closely. For example, during the 12-month period to December 1983 the number of people placed in jobs by jobcentres in Cumbria was 15,552. It is estimated that the public employment service accounts for about one in four of all placings in the country as a whole.
§ Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many of those registered as unemployed at jobcentres in the Islington area in December 1983 have registered their occupation or trade as (a) doctor, (b) nurse and (c) other health worker.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkStatistics are no longer compiled about the occupations of registrants at jobcentres. Only a minority of the unemployed now register voluntarily at jobcentres and any analysis of their occupations would be a misleading reflection of the unemployed as a whole. Occupational information on claimants at unemployment benefit offices, which now forms the basis of the unemployment figures, is not collected.