§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of Slate for Employment (1) how many redundancies in (a) the textile industry, (b) machine tool engineering, (c) general engineering, (d) service trades and (e) steel fabrication work were made in the last month for which statistics are available in the Workington travel-to-work area;
(2) how many redundancy notifications were given during the last months for which statistics are available in the Workington travel-to-work area.
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§ Mr. Alan ClarkNineteen (provisional) redundancies were confirmed as due to occur in the Workington travel-to-work area during March 1984, the latest month for which statistics are available, all of them in metal manufacturing (Class 22 on the 1980 standard industrial classification). There were five advance notifications of redundancies in April, involving 281 redundancies.
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 7 32 17 25 66 51 33 30 28 28 18 50 35 0 420 Over 1 and up to 2 7 23 6 10 44 38 18 27 19 14 10 7 8 0 231 Over 2 and up to 4 8 33 11 38 105 65 49 44 29 25 24 20 14 0 465 Over 4 and up to 6 8 22 18 33 80 66 48 39 31 31 22 20 14 0 432 Over 6 and up to 8 8 26 21 16 86 43 51 32 32 17 25 35 26 0 418 Over 8 and up to 13 16 56 54 61 206 112 97 84 55 39 46 88 49 0 963 Over 13 and up to 26 22 87 136 98 410 225 203 162 115 106 95 166 111 0 1,936 Over 26 and up to 39 34 115 171 114 332 153 123 111 96 54 97 171 97 0 1,668 Over 39 and up to 52 0 67 106 55 189 101 91 81 63 56 47 80 88 0 1,024 Over 52 and up to 65 0 36 59 55 116 87 61 55 36 44 32 88 30 0 699 Over 65 and up to 78 0 9 31 34 121 80 75 67 53 38 43 67 1 0 619 Over 78 and up to 104 0 11 49 82 181 148 105 98 71 70 79 177 12 0 1,083 Over 104 and up to 156 0 0 10 74 243 186 160 145 116 98 140 225 16 0 1,413 Over 156 and up to 208 0 0 0 2 164 132 104 90 69 68 101 126 7 0 863 Over 208 and up to 260 0 0 0 0 58 70 58 48 52 46 45 52 1 0 430 Over 260 0 0 0 0 13 27 32 30 36 47 89 132 8 0 414 Total Males 110 517 689 697 2,414 1,584 1,308 1,143 901 781 913 1,504 517 0 13,078
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 20 19 21 93 52 28 15 25 9 18 9 0 316 Over 1 and up to 2 4 12 15 10 47 32 15 8 11 13 4 5 0 176 Over 2 and up to 4 8 28 22 26 80 49 28 14 14 16 13 9 0 307 Over 4 and up to 6 3 27 22 21 68 51 24 18 9 10 10 12 0 275 Over 6 and up to 8 9 16 17 16 70 40 34 21 16 17 13 9 0 278 Over 8 and up to 13 21 59 64 56 173 105 62 42 35 22 17 18 0 674 Over 13 and up to 26 20 84 140 123 425 243 107 84 78 51 70 43 1 1,469 Over 26 and up to 39 29 115 167 129 283 209 106 65 45 54 50 53 0 1,305 Over 39 and up to 52 0 26 46 50 192 149 54 38 27 38 30 35 0 685 Over 52 and up to 65 0 20 40 37 107 77 50 39 28 29 32 38 1 498 Over 65 and up to 78 0 12 30 41 85 45 24 19 21 16 22 26 0 341 Over 78 and up to 104 0 14 45 60 126 60 35 18 21 28 46 48 0 501 Over 104 and up to 156 0 0 12 42 138 55 30 22 27 37 42 68 2 475 Over 156 and up to 208 0 0 0 8 76 20 8 10 12 15 35 52 1 237 Over 208 and up to 260 0 0 0 0 29 20 4 8 7 15 15 32 0 130 Over 260 0 0 0 0 10 14 5 4 4 13 25 55 1 131 Total Females 101 433 639 640 2,002 1,221 614 425 380 383 442 512 6 7,798
§ 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 ClarkThe following table gives the numbers of unemployed claimants in the Workington travel-to-work area who, on 5 April, the latest date for which the statistics are available, had been unemployed for the length of time specified.
Duration in weeks Number Up to 26 weeks 1,622 Over 26 and up to 52 weeks 1,051 Over 52 and up to 78 weeks 577 Over 78 and up to 104 weeks 498 Over 104 weeks 1,276