§ Sir Anthony Kershawasked the Secretary of State for Employment what estimate he has formed of the likely cost of 15 per cent. value added tax on the cost of building extensions and refurbishments of buildings owned by his Department in each of the next five years.
§ Mr. GummerThis information is not readily available, but I shall let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as possible.
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 2 6 8 8 17 17 14 2 3 1 5 2 2 0 87 Over 1 and up to 2 4 8 4 6 36 10 13 9 12 8 3 7 5 0 123 Over 2 and up to 4 1 4 5 5 23 18 11 11 10 5 5 9 4 0 111 Over 4 and up to 6 8 8 5 8 32 25 16 8 7 6 8 5 6 0 142 Over 6 and up to 8 3 6 11 6 28 20 25 7 11 8 10 3 7 0 145 Over 8 and up to 13 15 20 19 22 71 59 37 22 20 22 10 20 12 0 343 Over 13 and up to 26 55 51 52 49 140 102 60 56 50 42 31 46 44 0 778 Over 26 and up to 39 2 24 25 33 94 70 26 35 35 20 18 36 46 0 464 Over 39 and up to 52 1 11 14 19 76 44 49 28 25 26 20 21 29 1 364 Over 52 and up to 65 0 14 10 14 52 38 30 23 17 15 17 22 15 1 269 Over 65 and up to 78 0 16 17 18 39 35 24 19 23 21 19 19 5 0 255 Over 78 and up to 104 0 1 12 16 58 50 43 42 23 27 27 37 6 0 342 Over 104 and up to 156 0 0 9 10 69 44 40 45 32 40 36 50 10 1 386 Over 156 and up to 208 0 0 0 2 5 25 25 23 24 19 20 27 14 0 214 Over 208 and up to 260 0 0 0 0 3 3 8 6 3 8 11 15 1 0 58 Over 260 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 5 7 12 16 11 0 59 Total Males 91 169 191 216 771 561 425 339 300 275 252 335 218 3 4,146
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 3 7 2 11 9 9 4 0 1 4 1 1 0 52 Over 1 and up to 2 6 6 7 2 19 8 7 4 3 2 4 2 0 70 Over 2 and up to 4 2 10 3 6 18 9 6 3 2 3 1 2 0 65 Over 4 and up to 6 2 7 6 7 29 8 4 3 2 4 6 4 0 82 Over 6 and up to 8 1 4 6 1 21 18 9 8 5 9 3 5 0 90 Over 8 and up to 13 10 12 12 10 61 41 15 7 10 7 2 8 0 195 Over 13 and up to 26 54 27 48 42 106 72 31 24 19 22 8 19 1 473 Over 26 and up to 39 3 12 24 14 59 48 24 10 13 10 7 14 0 238 Over 39 and up to 52 0 8 4 12 41 32 18 7 13 9 12 10 1 167 Over 52 and up to 65 0 2 11 4 26 15 10 4 6 5 9 7 0 99 Over 65 and up to 78 0 17 8 12 30 6 2 3 4 6 10 4 0 102 Over 78 and up to 104 0 1 7 9 26 11 6 6 3 14 10 9 0 102 Over 104 and up to 156 0 0 4 3 29 15 6 1 8 8 12 13 0 99 Over 156 and up to 208 0 0 0 2 13 4 1 2 3 4 5 5 0 39 Over 208 and up to 260 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 8 7 0 19 Over 260 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 9 Total Females 81 113 142 135 487 296 144 84 93 109 100 114 3 1,901