§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of persons unemployed, percentage rate of unemployment and the total number of vacancies for (a) the Workington travel-to-work area and (b) Cumbria at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkOn 5 April the total number of unemployed claimants in the Workington travel-to-work area was 5,024 and the unemployment rate was 16.2 per cent. The corresponding figures for Cumbria were 20,876 and 10.8 per cent.
On 30 March the numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled at jobcentres and careers offices in the Workington travel-to-work area were 129 and 11, respectively. The corresponding figures for Cumbria were 1,499 at jobcentres and 62 at careers offices. Vacancies notified to jobcentres are estimated to be about one third of all vacancies in the country as a whole. Because of
Travel-to-work Unemployed for over 52 and up to 104 weeks Per cent. Unemployed for over 104 weeks and up to 156 weeks Per cent. Unemployed for over 156 weeks Per cent. Male Female Male Female Male Female Workington* 22.0 20.3 16.5 8.0 12.7 9.4 Furness* 16.3 19.6 7.5 6.9 13.2 6.7 Kendal* 16.0 13.7 7.0 3.3 6.9 5.5 Whitehaven* 22.1 17.0 13.9 7.1 14.8 7.7 Carlisle 16.2 15.2 9.5 4.9 15.4 5.1 Keswick 14.0 9.6 5.9 4.4 3.8 3.5 Penrith 16.9 14.5 8.1 3.6 12.0 5.0 * Travel-to-work area comprising two or more jobcentre areas.
§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young persons aged 16 to 18 years were unemployed in the Workington travel-to-work area during the last month for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkOn 5 April, the latest for which statistics are available, the number of unemployed claimants aged 18 years and under in the Workington travel-to-work area was 512.
§ Sir Anthony Grantasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of long-term unemployed recorded in the Cambridge and St. Neots travel-to-work areas, respectively, contrasting the figures with those in the East Anglia region and Great Britain as a whole at the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkInformation on the duration of unemployment is available quarterly with the latest figures
536Wpossible duplication, the figures for jobcentres and careers offices should not be added together. The number of vacancies remaining unfilled at a particular date takes no account of the flow of vacancies being notified, filled or withdrawn which would reflect activity more closely. For example, during the 12-month period to December 1983, the number of people placed in jobs by jobcentres in Cumbria was 15,552. It is estimated that, nationally, the public employment service accounts for about one in four of all placing for the country as a whole.
§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what proportion of (a) unemployed males and (b) unemployed females in the Workington travel-to-work area had been out of work for (i) one year, (ii) two years and (iii) three years at the latest available date;
(2) what proportion of (a) unemployed males and (b) unemployed females in the Barrow in Furness, Kendal, Whitehaven, Carlisle, Keswick and Penrith travel-to-work areas had been out of work for (i) one year, (ii) two years and (iii) three years at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following is the information for unemployed claimants on 5 April, the latest date for which the statistics are available.
relating to April 1984. The following table gives the number of claimants who, on 5 April, had been unemployed for over 52 weeks in each of the areas specified.
Number Cambridge jobcentre area 1,440 St. Neots jobcentre area 329 East Anglia 25,692 Great Britain 1,767,090
§ Mr. Hoyleasked the Secretary of State for Employment what, according to the final results of the 1981 census of employment, were the numbers employed in September 1981 in each region of Great Britain of (a) full-time males, (b) part-time males, (c) full-time females and (d) part-time females.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe information requested is as follows:
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Employees in Employment by region: September 1981 Thousands Male Female Male and Female Full-time Part-time All Full-time Part-time All South East 3,838.6 283.7 4,122.3 1,871.2 1,251.1 3,122.3 7,244.6 Greater London 1,930.3 128.4 2,058.7 997.6 510.5 1,508.1 3,566.7 Rest of South East 1,908.3 155.4 2,063.6 873.6 740.6 1,614.2 3,677.8 East Anglia 373.9 25.6 399.5 159.5 121.5 281.0 680.5 South West 820.8 64.9 885.7 354.0 305.8 659.8 1,545.5 West Midlands 1,129.8 60.3 1,190.1 492.2 351.1 843.3 2,033.4 East Midlands 805.8 47.9 853.7 356.3 256.4 612.8 1,466.5 Yorkshire and Humberside 1,024.9 52.5 1,077.4 417.9 347.4 765.3 1,842.8 North West 1,314.3 68.0 1,382.2 620.3 451.7 1,072.0 2,454.2 North 623.7 29.4 653.1 266.7 199.6 466.3 1,119.4 Wales 520.8 26.1 546.9 231.3 158.5 389.8 936.7 Scotland 1,058.5 59.7 1,118.2 534.5 338.0 872.5 1,990.7 Note:
Because the figures have been rounded independently, rounded totals may differ from the sum of the rounded components.
§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the numbers of ethnic minority unemployed for February, by age group; how the figures compare with figures for the past five years; and what are the actual and percentage increases by region for the unemployed from ethnic minorities and for all unemployed people between February 1979 and February 1984.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThis information has not been available since the October 1982 changes in the basis of the unemployment statistics. My right hon. Friend is considering the future of ethnic minority unemployment statistics and will make an announcement in due course.
Information for February 1982 and earlier years was published in the Employment Gazette, copies of which are in the Library.