§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number and percentage of those unemployed in Greenock and Port Glasgow who have been out of work for (a) up to one year, (b) up to two years and (c) up to three years.
§ Mr. LangAt 10 July 1986, the latest date for which information is available, the number of unemployed claimants in the Greenock and Port Glasgow parliamentary constituency by duration, and the percentage each category represents of the total number of unemployed claimants, is shown below. This information is available in the Library.
Greenock and Port Glasgow parliamentary constituency Duration of unemployment Number of unemployed claimants Percentage of total number of unemployed claimants Up to 1 year 4,315 51.9 1 to 2 years 1,590 19.1 2 to 3 years 867 10.4
§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will disaggregate the latest available unemployment figures for Greenock and Port Glasgow by age group.
§ Mr. LangAt 10 July 1986, the latest date for which information is available, the number of unemployed claimants disaggregated by age group in the Greenock and Port Glasgow parliamentary constituency is as shown in the table. This information is available in the Library.
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Greenock and Port Glasgow parliamentary constituency Age group Number of unemployed claimants Under 17 119 Aged 17 345 18 377 19 368 20–24 1,689 25–29 1,136 30–34 830 35–39 761 40–44 701 45–49 656 50–54 612 55–59 628 60 and over 100 Total 8,322
§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the average number of people unemployed in Greenock and Port Glasgow in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. LangThe information is not available in the precise form requested. For the Greenock and Port Glasgow parliamentary constituency the annual average unemployment from June 1983, the earliest date for which figures are available, to September 1986 is shown in table A. For the Greenock travel-to-work area (which covers a larger area than the constituency but for which the information requested is available) the figures are shown in table B. This information is available in the Library. Due to the various changes which have taken place in the compilation of the unemployment statistics the figures are not directly comparable.
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Table A: Greenock and Port Glasgow Parliamentary Constituency Year Average number of unemployed 1 1983 6,904 1984 7,570 1985 8,319 2 1986 8,755 1 7 months only 2 9 months only
Table B: Greenock Travel-to-work Area Year Average number of unemployed 1979 5,503 1980 6,861 1981 8,295 1982 8,571 1983 8,248 1984 8,704 1985 9,576 1 1986 10,133 1 9 months only
§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many young people in Greenock and Port Glasgow have never had a job since leaving school.
§ Mr. LangAt 11 September 1986, the latest date for which information is available, the number of people under the age of 18 in the Greenock and Port Glasgow parliamentary constituency who have never had a job since leaving school totalled 494.
§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the number of people in Greenock and Port Glasgow unemployed for one year or more in each year since 1979; and what percentage of the total number of the unemployed they make up in each case.
§ Mr. LangThe information is not available in the precise form requested. For the Greenock and Port Glasgow parliamentary constituency the number of unemployed claimants for one year or more in July of each year from 1983 (the earliest date for which figures are available) and the percentage of the total number of unemployed claimants they represent, is shown in table A. For the Greenock travel-to-work area (which covers a larger area than the constituency but for which the information requested is available) the figures are shown in table B. This information is available in the Library. Due to the various changes in the compilation of the unemployment statistics the figures are not directly comparable.
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Table A: Greenock and Port Glasgow parliamentary constituency Year (July) Number of unemployed claimants over one year Percentage of total number of unemployed claimants 1983 2,970 43.4 1984 2,957 38.3 1985 3,475 42.3 1986 4,007 48.1
Table B: Greenock travel-to-work area Year (July) Number of unemployed claimants over one year Percentage of total number of unemployed claimanta 1979 1,410 24.1 1980 1,608 22.5 1981 2,724 31.1 1982 3,428 39.8 1983 3,263 41.0 1984 3,265 36.7 1985 3,814 40.0 19861 4,419 45.4 1 Nine months only.