HC Deb 25 January 1985 vol 71 cc548-9W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish for the latest available date a table showing the numbers out of work and the unemployment rate for each of the countries of the EEC and for each of the four countries of the United Kingdom respectively.

Mr. Alan Clark

Following is the available information using national unadjusted series, and also including standardised unemployment rates compiled by the OECD. The latter are only available in the form of rates. The national unadjusted figures are not comparable because of differences in definitions and coverage of the statistics, while the OECD standardised rates take account of these differences as far as possible.

Unadjusted, national definitions OECD standardised rates
Latest month Thousands Percentage rate Latest month Percentage rate
Germany December 2,325.2 9.4 November 8.0
Greece November 89.0 5.3 * *
Ireland December 225.4 17.4 * *
Italy November 2,982.8 13.2 April 10.4
Luxembourg November 2.8 1.8 * *
Netherlands November 797.5 17.1 November 13.5
United Kingdom of which December 3,219.4 13.4 November 13.4
England December 2,577.1 12.8 * *
Northern Ireland December 119.4 20.6 * *
Scotland December 342.9 15.2 * *
Wales December 180.1 16.8 * *
* Not available.

Mr. Ron Davies

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have been unemployed for over 12 months; and what were the comparable figures in April 1979.

Mr. Foulkes

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the numbers of people unemployed for over 12 months; and what this is as a proportion of those out of work.

Mr. Robert B. Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) by what percentage the total number of unemployed in the Hertfordshire, West constituency has changed between December 1983 and December 1984;

(2) by what percentage the total number of unemployed women in the Hertfordshire, West constitutency has changed between September 1984 and December 1984.

Mr. Alan Clark

The information is available in the House of Commons Library.