HC Deb 26 March 1985 vol 76 cc143-4W
Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest figure for the number of unemployed; and how many of them are black.

Mr. Alan Clark

The latest available information on unemployment by ethnic origin comes from the revised results of the 1983 labour force survey. These show that in the second quarter of 1983, there was a total of 2,998,000 people unemployed in Great Britain, of whom 215,000 were of non-white ethnic origins.

Mr. Allan Roberts

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish figures in the Official Report indicating the levels of unemployment in the constituency of Bootle, in May 1979, June 1983 and in February 1985 of (a) 16 to 21-year-old males, (b) 16 to 21-year-old females, (c) 22 to 35-year-old males, (d) 22 to 35-year-old females, (e) 35 to 65-year-old males and (f) 35 to 65-year-old females.

Mr. Alan Clark

This information is not yet available. Detailed analysis of unemployment in parliamentary constituencies will be available later this year. Unemployment levels by age group for jobcentre areas are in the Library.

Mr. Allan Roberts

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table in the Official Report indicating the level of unemployment in the constituency of Bootle, in May 1979, June 1983 and February 1985, respectively.

Mr. Alan Clarke

The information requested, which is also available in the Library, is as follows:

Bootle Constituency: Numbers of unemployed
Numbers
May 1979 Not available
June 1983 10,764
February 1985 11,494

Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has about the number of building trade workers who are now unemployed in the north-west region; and if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the figures by craft and skill.

Mr. Alan Clark

Results of the 1983 labour force survey indicate that in the north-west region in the second quarter of 1983 there were 40,000 people without a job and looking for work, who had been employed at some time during the previous three years, with their last job in the construction industry. A detailed breakdown of this figure by craft and skill is not possible because of the sampling error that would be involved.

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give a breakdown by region of the number of people in employment, whole-time equivalent, in each of the years since 1977; and what percentage this figure represents of total work force in the region in each of those years.

Mr. Alan Clark

I shall reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.