§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of young people aged 16 to 19 years are in employment in the London borough of Waltham Forest; and what has been the trend in the past four years.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe latest available information comes from the 1981 "Census of Population" which showed that 52.5 per cent. of young people aged 16 to 19 years living in the London borough of Waltham Forest were in employment.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many women have been unemployed (a) on Merseyside and (b) in Knowsley for more than 12 months.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following information is in the Library. It is provisionally estimated that there were 14,771 females in the Merseyside metropolitan county who had been unemployed for more than 12 months on 14 March. The corresponding figure for the borough of Knowsley was 2,153. The figures include estimates for those whose claims are not dealt with by computer.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people by age and sex have been unemployed for more than 12 months (a) on Merseyside, (b) in Knowsley and (c) in Kirkby.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following information is in the Library. The figures relate to unemployed claimants on 10 January 1985, the latest date for which an analysis of unemployment by age and duration is available.
Young persons under 18 years, unemployed over 12 months Male Female Merseyside metropolitan county* 405 298 Borough of Knowsley* 68 40 Kirkby jobcentre area 15 12 * Figures are given for best fit jobcentre areas. The area covered by the Kirkby, Prescot and Huyton jobcentres corresponds closely to the Borough of Knowsley.
§ 910 Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of persons unemployed in the county of Hampshire; and how many of these are young people who have never experienced normal employment.
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§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following information is in the Library. On 14 March 1985 the number of unemployed claimants in the best fit of jobcentre areas to the county of Hampshire was 60,669. Of these 1,127 were under the age of 18 years and had not entered employment since terminating full-time education.
§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest figure for youth unemployment in the Portsmouth travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following information is in the Library. On 10 January 1985, the number of unemployed claimants in the old Portsmouth travel-to-work area under 18 years of age was 1,471. This information is not yet available for the new Portsmouth travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what are the latest figures for female unemployment in the Portsmouth travel-to-work area;
(2) what are the latest figures for male unemployment in the Portsmouth travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following information is in the Library. On 14 March there were 5,773 unemployed females and 13,538 unemployed males in the Portsmouth travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the latest unemployment figures.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe fall in unemployment in March of 56,000 was a significant improvement on previous months, and although the seasonally adjusted figure increased, that increase was lower than for the previous three months.
The March figures were encouraging, particularly when the employment figures, published on 17 April, showed over 600,000 more people in jobs in December 1984 than in March 1983.