§ Mr. Clayasked the Paymaster General how many people were unemployed for more than one year in (a) Cleveland and (b) Langbaurgh parliamentary constituency for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. LangThe following information is in the Library. The table gives figures for 10 April 1986, the latest date for which an analysis of unemployment by duration is available and for April 1984 and April 1985. The comparison is affected by the change in timing of compilation of unemployment statistics in March 1986. Statistics of unemployment for metropolitan areas and Parliamentary constituencies are derived from the new ward-based system and are available only from June 1983.
Claimants unemployed over one year Cleveland metropolitan area Langbaurgh parliamentary constituency April 1984 25,135 3,643 April 1985 27,991 3,979 April 1986 27,295 3,954
§ Mr. Clayasked the Paymaster General (1) what information he has as to how many people were employed in the chemical and associated industries in Cleveland for each year since 1979;
(2) how many people were employed in manufacturing industry in Cleveland for each year since 1979.
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§ Mr. LangThe available information is from censuses of employment taken in 1978 and 1981 and is as follows:
Cleveland: Employees in employment in manufacturing industries and in chemical and allied industries Standard Industrial Classification 1968 June 1978 September 1981 Manufacturing industries (Orders III to XIX) 93,700 73,700 Chemical and allied industries (Order V) 26,500 21,000 More up-to-date employment figures for counties will become available following publication of the 1984 census of employment later this year. Between censuses, employment estimates are based on small scale sample inquiries which cannot produce reliable results for areas smaller than regions.
§ Mr. Clayasked the Paymaster General how many people were registered as unemployed in (a) Cleveland and (b) Langbaurgh parliamentary constituency for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. LangThe following information is in the Library. The numbers of unemployed claimants in the Cleveland metropolitan area and the Langbaurgh parliamentary constituency for May of each year from 1984 to 1986 are as follows:
Cleveland Langbaurgh constituency May 1984 54,933 8,275 May 1985 56,191 8,327 May 1986 53,205 7,917 The comparison is affected by the change in the timing of compilation of unemployment statistics in March 1986. Statistics of unemployment for metropolitan areas and parliamentary constituencies are derived from the new award-based system and are available only from June 1983.
§ Mr. Clayasked the Paymaster General what is his estimate of the number of unemployed construction workers in Cleveland.
§ Mr. LangThe information is not available.
Data on the previous occupations of the unemployed are derived from the labour force survey, and cannot be provided for areas smaller than regions because of the sampling error that would he involved.