§ Mr. Freesonasked the Paymaster-General if he will provide a breakdown of the registered unemployed in (a) the London borough of Brent and (b) Greater London to show (i) the age and (ii) the type of worker involved.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following information is in the Library. The table shows the number of unemployed claimants in the London borough of Brent and Greater London as at 10 October 1985 analysed by age.
Some information by types of unemployed worker is available from the labour force survey at national and regional level, but the sample size is too small to produce such analysis for local authority districts.
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Table 1—Unfilled vacancies at jobcentres August 1985 Standard Industrial Classification 1980 London borough of Brent Greater London Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1 34 Coal extraction 0 3 Mineral oil and natural gas extraction 0 4 Mineral oil processing 0 5 Nuclear fuel production 0 0 Gas, electricity and water 2 51 Extraction of other minerals and ores 0 4 Metal manufacture 3 34 Manfacture of non-metallic products 1 65 Chemical industry 10 143 Production of man-made fibres 0 2 Manufacture of metal goods 36 525 Mechanical engineering 3 69 Manufacture of office machinery and data processing equipment 48 442 Electrical and electronic engineering 3 62 Manufacture of motor vehicles 0 3 Shipbuilding and repairing 24 255 Manufacture of aerospace and other transport equipment 1 77 Instrument engineering 14 115
Unemployment male and females together—10 October 1985—Age analysis Years London borough of Brent Greater London Under 17 161 6,797 17 375 12,482 18 636 17,026 19 804 20–24 3,872 19,218 25–29 2,564 90,571 30–34 1,665 62,891 35–39 1,210 41,753 40–44 1,043 32,970 45–49 1,190 26,818 50–54 1,181 27,541 55–59 1,268 27,265 60 and over 441 32,116 12,147