Labour Statistics

HC Deb 21 June 1984 vol 62 cc244-7W

Mr. Skinner

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the percentage of youth unemployment as compared to the total of unemployed at the latest available date.

Mr. Alan Clark

On 5 April 1984, the rate of unemployment in the United Kingdom for unemployed claimants aged under 18 years was 18.1 per cent. The corresponding rate for unemployed claimants of all ages was 13 per cent. Rates by age are estimated and, although presented to one decimal place, should not be regarded as implying precision to that degree.

Dr. Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the figures for the number of unemployed in the Copeland constituency, by age, sex, and duration of unemployment for 1 January 1979 and for 1 January 1984.

Mr. Alan Clark

The following is the available information for the Whitehaven travel-to-work area which corresponds closely to the Copeland parliamentary constituency. The analysis for January 1979 relates to registered unemployed and that for January 1984 is for unemployed claimants.

The comparisons between the figures are affected by the change in the basis of unemployment count in October 1982 and by the 1983 Budget provisions, which meant that

January 1979 Registered unemployed Males
Duration of unemployment in weeks	Under 18	18	19	20–24	25–29	30–34	35–44	45–49	50–54	55–59	60 and over	Total
One or less	6	3	3	8	7	6	3	4	0	1	4	45
Over 1 and up to 2	3	6	6	24	10	8	6	4	2	5	1	75
Over 2 and up to 4	3	2	1	16	9	2	2	2	4	6	4	51
Over 4 and up to 6	1	0	4	13	1	4	10	2	2	1	0	38
Over 6 and up to 8	3	1	1	6	7	2	3	4	0	0	2	29
Over 8 and up to 13	3	1	5	6	6	2	4	1	0	2	0	30
Over 13 and up to 26	6	4	3	5	5	1	7	1	2	2	3	39
Over 26 and up to 39	2	1	3	6	3	4	2	1	1	1	0	24
Over 39 and up to 52	4	1	2	7	4	8	7	0	0	2	0	35
Over 52 and up to 65	11	6	8	35	22	13	13	3	5	4	3	123
Over 65 and up to 78	29	20	5	42	34	36	27	15	8	12	30	258
Over 78 and up to 104	16	3	4	18	22	13	15	7	10	6	15	130
Over 104 and up to 156	7	2	2	5	9	6	13	4	3	5	11	67
Over 156	1	3	8	29	31	34	81	42	58	70	148	505
Total males	95	53	55	220	170	140	193	90	95	117	221	1,449

Females
Duration of unemployment in weeks	Under 18	18	19	20–24	25–29	30–34	35–44	45–49	50–54	55–59	60 and over	Total
One or less	4	2	2	9	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	25
Over 1 and up to 2	7	4	2	15	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	32
Over 2 and up to 4	5	2	0	1	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	17
Over 4 and up to 6	2	0	0	4	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	15
Over 6 and up to 8	5	3	0	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	17
Over 8 and up to 13	1	0	3	11	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	22
Over 13 and up to 26	6	3	2	6	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	25
Over 26 and up to 29	1	3	1	8	3	2	1	0	2	0	0	21
Over 39 and up to 52	3	4	1	8	6	3	1	0	1	0	0	27
Over 52 and up to 65	6	13	12	36	11	10	2	1	5	1	0	97
Over 65 and up to 78	18	12	14	70	26	15	13	4	0	2	0	174
Over 78 and up to 104	11	8	9	39	19	10	7	3	4	0	0	110
Over 104 and up to 156	1	4	3	26	11	6	9	3	2	3	0	68
Over 156	3	1	14	43	30	14	19	21	19	34	1	199
Total females	73	59	63	281	123	73	65	37	33	41	1	849

January 1984 Unemployed claimants
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	1	5	2	9	9	6	5	1	4	1	0	3	1	0	47
Over 1 and up to 2	1	5	4	2	8	8	1	2	2	1	3	8	6	0	51
Over 2 and up to 4	2	5	2	4	23	13	12	2	8	2	1	5	0	0	79
Over 4 and up to 6	3	0	5	6	18	9	10	5	4	4	2	3	0	0	69
Over 6 and up to 8	0	4	4	4	18	8	14	4	4	8	3	4	4	0	79
Over 8 and up to 13	3	17	11	9	47	19	17	11	7	9	5	7	6	0	168
Over 13 and up to 26	13	39	44	21	89	42	40	24	19	18	25	38	8	0	420
Over 26 and up to 39	1	25	27	14	55	20	14	11	12	9	7	13	15	0	223
Over 39 and up to 52	1	20	20	9	29	22	11	13	10	8	10	24	14	0	191
Over 52 and up to 65	0	0	14	14	37	23	20	24	18	9	8	12	4	0	183
Over 65 and up to 78	0	3	8	15	31	24	11	10	5	8	4	21	0	0	140
Over 78 and up to 104	0	0	7	19	46	31	25	10	8	8	11	21	0	0	186
Over 104 and up to 156	0	0	4	13	65	40	26	24	14	24	14	24	0	0	248
Over 156 and up to 208	0	0	0	0	47	34	23	19	13	17	19	24	0	0	196
Over 208 and up to 260	0	0	0	0	11	11	4	4	6	1	8	6	0	0	51
Over 260	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	6	3	22	29	0	0	66
Total Males	25	123	152	139	534	312	233	167	140	130	142	242	58	0	2,397

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	2	3	4	5	14	3	6	4	3	0	1	1	0	46
Over 1 and up to 2	0	3	3	1	15	7	2	1	1	1	3	3	0	40
Over 2 and up to 4	1	4	9	10	30	12	3	3	1	0	2	0	0	75

some men aged 60 and over no longer had to sign on in order to receive supplementary benefit or national insurance credits.

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
Over 4 and up to 6	3	4	2	5	12	6	5	7	3	2	0	1	0	50
Over 6 and up to 8	0	2	5	2	12	5	1	0	2	3	4	0	0	36
Over 8 and up to 13	3	13	24	21	46	17	7	4	3	3	2	4	0	147
Over 13 and up to 26	10	26	35	34	77	54	20	15	8	6	3	4	0	292
Over 26 and up to 39	0	11	12	9	48	33	9	12	9	5	6	6	0	160
Over 39 and up to 52	0	4	10	5	38	30	16	7	5	9	6	9	0	139
Over 52 and up to 65	0	4	8	10	30	14	9	5	5	2	3	2	0	92
Over 65 and up to 78	0	3	7	11	19	8	1	2	2	7	2	2	0	64
Over 78 and up to 104	0	0	4	11	17	11	5	2	3	5	2	2	0	62
Over 104 and up to 156	0	0	3	7	23	8	4	5	5	5	8	4	0	72
Over 156 and up to 208	0	0	0	5	13	8	4	1	0	5	7	7	0	50
Over 208 and up to 260	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	13
Over 260	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	5	8	0	19
Total Females	19	77	126	136	398	220	93	68	51	54	57	58	0	1,357