15. Mr. Ron Brownasked the Paymaster General how many young people under the age of 25 years are currently unemployed in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. LeeOn 9 October 1986, the latest date for which an analysis of unemployment by age is available, the number of unemployed claimants aged under 25 in the United Kingdom was 1,145,500.
§ 16. Mr. Harry Greenwayasked the Paymaster General what was the number of employable people at the last recorded date; what was the comparable figure 10 years ago; what is his projected figure for 1988; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LeeInformation on the number of people who are employable is not available.
The number of people of working age, that is between the minimum school leaving age and the state retirement age, is estimated to have been 33.7 million in 1985. This compares with a figure of 31.8 million in 1975 and a projection of 34.2 million for 1988.
598WInformation is also available on the number of people in the civilian labour force—in employment or seeking work. This is estimated to have been 26.6 million in 1985, compared with 25.3 million in 1975 and a projection of 27.2 million for 1988.
§ 30. Mr. Hunterasked the Paymaster General what are the latest unemployment figures for the Basingstoke travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. LeeOn 11 December 1986 the number of unemployed claimants in the Basingstoke and Alton travel-to-work area was 3,836.
§ 59. Mr. Jannerasked the Paymaster General how many men aged between 60 and 65 years are now at work.
§ Mr. LeeIt is estimated from the labour force survey conducted in the spring of 1985 that, at that time, there were 718,000 men aged 60 and under 65 in paid employment, in Great Britain.
§ 78. Mr. James Lamondasked the Paymaster General how many people have been unemployed for more than 12 months at the latest available date; and what percentage of the total unemployed this represents.
§ Mr. LeeOn 9 October 1986, the latest date for which an analysis of unemployment by duration is available, the number of claimants in the United Kingdom who had been unemployed for over 12 months was 1,340,985 which represents 41.4 per cent. of the total.
§ Mr. Wattsasked the Paymaster General if he will make a statement on the latest trend of unemployment.
§ Mr. LeeThe current trend in the unemployment series is a fall of the order of 20,000 a month. The seasonally adjusted level of adult unemployment has fallen on average by 17,200 a month over the past six months to December, and by 25,400 a month over the past three months.