HC Deb 22 May 1984 vol 60 cc438-9W
Mr. Campbell-Savours

asked 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.

Mr. Alan Clark

Nineteen (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-Savours

asked 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 Clark

The 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