§ Mr. Wallerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the latest figures for unemployed claimants in the Keighley jobcentre area, classified according to age, sex and duration of unemployment.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following is the information for 12 January, the latest date for which the analysis is available. The figures for males aged 60 and over are affected by the provisions announced in the 1983 Budget which meant that some men aged 60 and over no longer had to sign on in order to receive supplementary benefit or national insurance credits.
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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 260 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 2 11 11 24 1 0 58 Total Males 41 97 111 116 480 357 325 215 191 236 224 275 115 0 2,783
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 2 4 4 17 2 5 1 4 3 0 2 0 51 Over 1 and up to 2 3 4 4 4 8 9 6 4 6 3 1 0 0 52 Over 2 and up to 4 1 2 4 5 8 10 4 6 0 2 2 2 0 46 Over 4 and up to 6 2 4 3 5 18 13 8 5 4 1 2 1 0 66 Over 6 and up to 8 0 5 9 1 15 10 7 0 6 4 4 1 0 62 Over 8 and up to 13 3 6 10 11 32 28 11 10 7 10 4 5 0 137 Over 13 and up to 26 14 9 24 15 55 38 21 18 13 11 15 13 0 246 Over 26 and up to 39 0 5 10 13 33 24 20 10 7 10 9 8 0 149 Over 39 and up to 52 0 6 1 3 37 20 6 10 8 4 9 10 0 114 Over 52 and up to 65 0 2 2 4 7 7 6 5 4 3 7 5 0 52 Over 65 and up to 78 0 1 2 5 7 4 5 4 2 3 7 7 0 47 Over 78 and up to 104 0 0 4 2 7 3 4 6 2 8 17 10 0 63 Over 104 and up to 156 0 0 0 2 11 5 1 2 2 9 21 21 0 74 Over 156 and up to 208 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 3 3 2 11 18 0 41 Over 208 and up to 260 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 6 0 14 Over 260 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 4 9 0 18 Total Females 30 46 77 75 260 173 106 85 70 77 115 118 0 1,232