Labour Statistics (Hansard, 12 May 1987)

§ 19. Mr. Geraint Howells
asked the Paymaster General what is the lastest available figure for those out of work for a year or more.

§ Mr. Kenneth Clarke
On 8 January 1987, the latest date for which figures are available, the number of climants who had been unemployed for over one year was 1,334,000, which represents 40.5 per cent. of the total.

§ 20. Mr. Greenway
asked the Paymaster General when he expects unemployment to fall below 3 million: and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Lee
The Government do not make forecasts of unemployment, but, if present trends continue, adult unemployment is likely to fall below 3 million within the next few months.

§ 25. Mr. Simon Hughes
asked the Paymaster General what is the latest available figure for unemployment in Greater London.

§ Mr. Lee
On 12 March 1987, the number of unemployed claimants in the Greater London area was 383,086.

§ 31. Mr. Bruce
asked the Paymaster General if he will state the latest figure for full-time equivalent jobs created since 1983; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Lee
The Department's employed labour force series is not sufficiently detailed to support the accurate calculation of full time equivalent job estimates. The series would not reflect the importance of increasing labour market flexibility which has contributed to the continuing growth of part time jobs and has benefited both employers 159W and employe es. However, estimates from the labour force survey show an increase of 4½ per cent. between spring 1983 and spring 1986 in the person hours usually worked per week in the economy of Great Britain.

§ 32. Mr. Janner
asked the Paymaster General how many people presently on the Government's job training schemes have remained on the unemployment register.

§ Mr. Kenneth Clarke
People on the new job training scheme are in full-time training and are not required to be available for work. They are therefore excluded from the unemployment count as would anybody else be in the same circumstances.

§ 33. Mr. Dykes
asked the Paymaster General if he will commission a fundamental study into long-term trends in net real unemployment in the United Kingdom, relating it to the comparisons available in other large EEC member state economies.

§ Mr. Lee
No study is necessary. The available information on unemployment already includes estimates from the annual Labour Force Survey which is conducted on a similar basis in all EC countries. Standardised unemployment rates for major industrial countries are published monthly by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

§ 44. Mr. Beith
asked the Paymaster General what are the most recent percentage figures for (a) total unemployment and (b) male unemployment in the Alnwick and Amble area.

§ Mr. Lee
On 12 March 1987, the number of unemployed claimants in the Alnwick and Amble travelto-work area expressed as a percentage of employees in employment plus the unemployed was 19.8 per cent. The corresponding rate for male claimants was 22.7 per cent.

§ 47. Mr. Duffy
asked the Paymaster General if he will indicate in percentage terms the number of unemployed in (a) the Sheffield travel-to-work area and (b) the Yorkshire and Humberside region.

Employees by whether full¹ or part-time², Ethnic origin and occupation

Great Britain, Spring 1985

Ethnic origin/broad occupational group Full-time Part-time

Men Women Men Women

Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.

White

Managerial and professional 3,335 32.1 1,176 26.2 248 39.3 772 18.6

Clerical and related 643 6.2 1,843 41.0 29 4.5 900 21.7

Other non-manual 645 6.2 298 6.6 75 11.8 598 14.4

Craft and similar 2,676 25.8 271 6.0 39 6.2 60 1.4

General labourers 211 2.0 19 0.4 12 1.9 ⁶— ⁶—

Other manual 2,833 27.3 883 19.6 227 35.9 1,815 43.7

All occupations³ 10,382 100.0 4,493 100.0 631 100.0 4,153 100.0

Non-White

Managerial and professional 90 24.3 52 26.3 10 41.1 18 21.4

Clerical and related 34 9.1 56 27.9 ⁶— ⁶— 12 15.0

Other non-manual 14 3.8 13 6.6 ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶—

Craft and similar 84 22.7 22 11.1 ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶—

General labourers 10 2.7 ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶—

Other manual 138 37.2 56 27.8 ⁶— ⁶— 38 46.4

All occupations³ 371 100.0 199 100.0 25 100.0 83 100.0

Of which:

(i) West Indian/Guyanese

Managerial and professional ⁶— ⁶— 35 30.6 — — ⁶— ⁶—

Clerical and related ⁶— ⁶— 23 28.5 ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶—

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§ Mr. Lee
On 12 May 1987. the number of unemployed claimants in the Sheffield travel-to-work area, expressed as a percentage of employees in employment plus the unemployed, was 15.8 per cent. The comparable rate for the Yorkshire and Humberside region was 14.7 per cent. The number of unemployed claimants in the Yorkshire and Humberside region expressed as a percentage of the total working population was 13.2 per cent.

§ 53. Mr. Speller
asked the Paymaster General how many people in England were in paid employment at the end of April 1979 and at the end of the latest month in 1987 for which figures are available.

§ Mr. Lee
There are no figures available for the dates specified. The available information is as follows:

Employees in employment in England

June 1979 19,503,000

December 1986 18,525,000

The figures are not adjusted for the effects of seasonal variation.

§ 54. Mr. Flannery
asked the Paymaster General what is the latest figure for the number of unemployed.

§ Mr. Lee
On 12 March 1987, the number of unemployed claimants in the United Kingdom was 3,143,370.

§ Ms. Clare Short
asked the Paymaster General if he will publish figures from the 1985 labour force survey, showing separately for part-time and full-time workers the numbers and percentages of employees aged 16 years and over by ethnic origin, occupational group and sex.

§ Mr. Kenneth Clarke
The 1985 "Labour Force Survey" estimates are as shown in the table:
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Ethnic origin/broad occupational group Full-time Part-time

Men Women Men Women

Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.

Other non-manual ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶—

Craft and similar 32 32.2 ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶—

General labourers ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶—

Other manual 42 42.6 26 32.1 ⁶— ⁶— 18 58.7

All occupations³ 98 100.0 82 100.0 ⁶— ⁶— 31 100.0

(ii) Indian

Managerial and professional 36 32.8 11 18.3 ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶—

Clerical and related 11 9.8 15 24.6 ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶—

Other non-manual ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶—

Craft and similar 24 21.6 14 22.7 ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶—

General labourers ⁶— ⁶— — — — — — —

Other manual 31 28.5 16 25.9 ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶—

All occupations³ 109 100.0 61 100.0 ⁶— ⁶— 22 100.0

(iii) Pakistani/Bangladeshi

Managerial and professional ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶—

Clerical and related ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— — — — —

Other non-manual ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶—

Craft and similar 15 23.0 ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶—

General labourers ⁶— ⁶— — — — — — —

Other manual 35 55.6 — — — — ⁶— ⁶—

All occupations³ 63 100.0 ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶—

(iv) Other⁴

Managerial and professional 37 37.1 15 28.9 ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶—

Clerical and related 12 11.7 16 30.9 ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶—

Other non-manual ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶—

Craft and similar 14 14.1 ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶— ⁶—

General labourers ⁶— ⁶— — — — — — —

Other manual 30 29.9 13 25.8 ⁶— ⁶— 11 40.8

All occupations³ 100 100.0 52 100.0 12 100.0 27 100.0

(v) All Ethnic Origins⁵

Managerial and professional 3,461 31.9 1,250 26.3 260 39.3 799 18.7

Clerical and related 682 6.3 1,923 40.4 30 4.6 925 21.6

Other non-manual 662 6.1 313 6.6 81 12.3 613 14.3

Craft and similar 2,786 25.7 298 6.3 42 6.3 66 1.6

General labourers 222 2.0 20 0.4 13 2.0 ⁶— ⁶—

Other manual 2,998 27.6 949 20.0 234 35.3 1,871 43.7

All occupations³ 10,853 100.0 4,757 100.0 663 100.0 4,280 100.0

¹ Basic usual hours (i.e. excluding meal breaks and paid and unpaid overtime) of 31 or more per week.

²Basic usual hours of 30 or less per week.

³ Includes those who did not state their occupation.

⁴ Includes African and mixed origin.

⁵ Includes those who did not state their ethnic origin.

⁶ Sample size too small to provide a reliable estimate.

§ Mr. Nellist
asked the Paymaster General what was the number of notified vacancies unfilled in the Coventry and Warwickshire area in each of the standard industrial classifications at the latest date, for which figures are available; how many were part-time; and what was the total number of unemployed at each job centre on the same date.

§ Mr. Lee
The following table contains the available information, which is also in the Library. The table gives the numbers of unfilled vacancies in the jobcentres that

Unfilled vacancies by 1980 SIC at Jobcenlres in Coventry and Warwickshire as at 6 February 1987

Coventry Bedworth Leamington Nuneaton Rugby Stratford-on-Avon

Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1 0 2 0 2 1

Energy/water supply industries 7 0 3 2 0 2

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correspond to the local authority district of Coventry and the county of Warwickshire as at 6 February 1987, the latest date for which an industrial analysis of vacancies is available. Figures of part-time vacancies by standard industrial classification are not available. The unemployed are no longer required to register at jobcentres, and statistics of registrants at jobcentres do not distinguish the unemployed from those seeking a change of employment. Local unemployment figures from the current ward-based system are available in the Library.
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Coventry Bedworth Leamington Nuneaton Rugby Slratford-on-Avon

Extraction/manufacture: minerals/metals 15 3 1 7 1 1

Metal goods/vehicle industries, etc. 125 26 38 43 25 26

Other manufacturing industries 69 6 32 101 15 8

Construction 27 5 19 38 18 26

Distribution, hotels/catering; repairs 279 24 144 497 100 177

Transport/communication 66 4 27 11 6 13

Banking, finance, insurance, leasing, etc. 71 9 50 45 58 37

Other services 176 15 103 104 91 59

Total 836 92 419 848 319 350

of which: part-time 221 17 146 306 158 87

§ Mr. Nellist
asked the Paymaster General what are the unemployment figures for Coventry categorised by sex, age and the duration of unemployment, for the latest date for which statistics are available.

Age and duration analysis of the unemployed for statistical date 8 January 1987

Coventry local authority area

Duration of unemployment in weeks Under 17 17 18 19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60 and over Total

Males

One or less 6 11 19 13 82 54 25 22 17 12 23 25 27 336

Over 1 and up to 2 4 2 6 9 28 23 12 19 10 13 12 10 6 154

Over 2 and up to 4 13 16 29 23 120 56 44 33 25 23 23 27 26 458

Over 4 and up to 6 13 22 22 25 119 61 37 30 37 31 25 34 19 475

Over 6 and up to 8 9 31 24 22 95 53 33 32 28 19 31 26 19 422

Over 8 and up to 13 27 39 43 57 263 145 84 73 58 45 58 53 45 990

Over 13 and up to 26 101 128 178 168 516 281 174 169 119 99 112 162 182 2,389

Over 26 and up to 39 7 79 82 83 334 213 119 108 71 75 57 121 110 1,459

Over 39 and up to 52 2 65 54 49 216 140 107 65 66 56 51 81 86 1,038

Over 52 and up to 65 0 19 54 51 157 125 88 79 57 54 33 32 41 790

Over 65 and up to 78 0 57 68 57 177 121 69 66 65 45 26 57 13 821

Over 78 and up to 104 0 7 52 73 256 154 123 118 78 73 52 81 9 1,076

Over 104 and up to 156 0 0 55 109 386 268 201 156 134 113 109 153 15 1,699

Over 156 and up to 208 0 0 0 22 336 198 141 151 141 96 167 177 10 1,439

Over 208 and up to 260 0 0 0 0 238 159 142 129 130 105 241 172 13 1,329

Over 260 0 0 0 0 191 346 342 321 330 290 290 374 31 2,515

Total males 182 476 686 761 3,514 2,397 1,741 1,571 1,366 1,149 1,310 1,585 652 17,390

Females

One or less 8 16 19 25 82 33 13 5 7 11 8 8 0 235

Over 1 and up to 2 2 3 5 6 26 6 7 7 8 11 4 1 0 86

Over 2 and up to 4 9 15 19 21 65 47 21 17 10 12 14 7 0 257

Over 4 and up to 6 10 13 18 13 62 40 27 13 7 11 9 6 0 229

Over 6 and up to 8 2 20 14 6 56 43 18 10 12 15 8 10 0 214

Over 8 and up to 13 18 32 48 30 165 100 47 35 35 33 20 23 0 586

Over 13 and up to 26 94 111 183 124 297 201 120 69 57 57 51 40 0 1,404

Over 26 and up to 39 7 43 77 49 266 145 95 65 51 52 37 43 0 930

Over 39 and up to 52 3 34 38 35 143 113 60 44 39 43 34 45 0 631

Over 52 and up to 65 0 17 35 25 97 55 32 25 21 24 18 27 0 376

Over 65 and up to 78 0 51 76 59 84 45 18 24 19 27 22 20 0 445

Over 78 and up to 104 0 4 53 44 91 49 28 19 38 35 41 37 0 439

Over 104 and up to 156 0 38 64 162 51 36 30 62 53 89 52 2 639

Over 156 and up to 208 0 0 0 19 133 34 20 21 24 31 81 57 1 421

Over 208 and up to 260 0 0 0 0 96 19 15 15 21 25 70 60 0 321

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§ Mr. Lee
Following is the requested information which is available in the Library. Figures relate to 8 January 1987, the latest date for which an analysis of unemployment by age and duration is available.
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Duration of unemployment in weeks Under17 17 18 19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 50–59 60 and over Total

Over 260 0 0 0 65 69 44 18 27 48 59 82 1 413

Total females 153 359 623 520 1,890 1,050 601 417 438 488 565 518 4 7,626

Employees by whether full¹ or part-time², Ethnic origin and occupation
Great Britain, Spring 1985
Ethnic origin/broad occupational group	Full-time	Part-time
	Men	Women	Men	Women
	Number	Per cent.	Number	Per cent.	Number	Per cent.	Number	Per cent.
White
Managerial and professional	3,335	32.1	1,176	26.2	248	39.3	772	18.6
Clerical and related	643	6.2	1,843	41.0	29	4.5	900	21.7
Other non-manual	645	6.2	298	6.6	75	11.8	598	14.4
Craft and similar	2,676	25.8	271	6.0	39	6.2	60	1.4
General labourers	211	2.0	19	0.4	12	1.9	⁶—	⁶—
Other manual	2,833	27.3	883	19.6	227	35.9	1,815	43.7
All occupations³	10,382	100.0	4,493	100.0	631	100.0	4,153	100.0
Non-White
Managerial and professional	90	24.3	52	26.3	10	41.1	18	21.4
Clerical and related	34	9.1	56	27.9	⁶—	⁶—	12	15.0
Other non-manual	14	3.8	13	6.6	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—
Craft and similar	84	22.7	22	11.1	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—
General labourers	10	2.7	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—
Other manual	138	37.2	56	27.8	⁶—	⁶—	38	46.4
All occupations³	371	100.0	199	100.0	25	100.0	83	100.0
Of which:
(i) West Indian/Guyanese
Managerial and professional	⁶—	⁶—	35	30.6	—	—	⁶—	⁶—
Clerical and related	⁶—	⁶—	23	28.5	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—	⁶—

	Employees in employment in England
June 1979	19,503,000
December 1986	18,525,000

Unfilled vacancies by 1980 SIC at Jobcenlres in Coventry and Warwickshire as at 6 February 1987
	Coventry	Bedworth	Leamington	Nuneaton	Rugby	Stratford-on-Avon
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	1	0	2	0	2	1
Energy/water supply industries	7	0	3	2	0	2

Age and duration analysis of the unemployed for statistical date 8 January 1987
Coventry local authority area
Duration of unemployment in weeks	Under 17	17	18	19	20–24	25–29	30–34	35–39	40–44	45–49	50–54	55–59	60 and over	Total
	Males
One or less	6	11	19	13	82	54	25	22	17	12	23	25	27	336
Over 1 and up to 2	4	2	6	9	28	23	12	19	10	13	12	10	6	154
Over 2 and up to 4	13	16	29	23	120	56	44	33	25	23	23	27	26	458
Over 4 and up to 6	13	22	22	25	119	61	37	30	37	31	25	34	19	475
Over 6 and up to 8	9	31	24	22	95	53	33	32	28	19	31	26	19	422
Over 8 and up to 13	27	39	43	57	263	145	84	73	58	45	58	53	45	990
Over 13 and up to 26	101	128	178	168	516	281	174	169	119	99	112	162	182	2,389
Over 26 and up to 39	7	79	82	83	334	213	119	108	71	75	57	121	110	1,459
Over 39 and up to 52	2	65	54	49	216	140	107	65	66	56	51	81	86	1,038
Over 52 and up to 65	0	19	54	51	157	125	88	79	57	54	33	32	41	790
Over 65 and up to 78	0	57	68	57	177	121	69	66	65	45	26	57	13	821
Over 78 and up to 104	0	7	52	73	256	154	123	118	78	73	52	81	9	1,076
Over 104 and up to 156	0	0	55	109	386	268	201	156	134	113	109	153	15	1,699
Over 156 and up to 208	0	0	0	22	336	198	141	151	141	96	167	177	10	1,439
Over 208 and up to 260	0	0	0	0	238	159	142	129	130	105	241	172	13	1,329
Over 260	0	0	0	0	191	346	342	321	330	290	290	374	31	2,515
Total males	182	476	686	761	3,514	2,397	1,741	1,571	1,366	1,149	1,310	1,585	652	17,390
	Females
One or less	8	16	19	25	82	33	13	5	7	11	8	8	0	235
Over 1 and up to 2	2	3	5	6	26	6	7	7	8	11	4	1	0	86
Over 2 and up to 4	9	15	19	21	65	47	21	17	10	12	14	7	0	257
Over 4 and up to 6	10	13	18	13	62	40	27	13	7	11	9	6	0	229
Over 6 and up to 8	2	20	14	6	56	43	18	10	12	15	8	10	0	214
Over 8 and up to 13	18	32	48	30	165	100	47	35	35	33	20	23	0	586
Over 13 and up to 26	94	111	183	124	297	201	120	69	57	57	51	40	0	1,404
Over 26 and up to 39	7	43	77	49	266	145	95	65	51	52	37	43	0	930
Over 39 and up to 52	3	34	38	35	143	113	60	44	39	43	34	45	0	631
Over 52 and up to 65	0	17	35	25	97	55	32	25	21	24	18	27	0	376
Over 65 and up to 78	0	51	76	59	84	45	18	24	19	27	22	20	0	445
Over 78 and up to 104	0	4	53	44	91	49	28	19	38	35	41	37	0	439
Over 104 and up to 156	0		38	64	162	51	36	30	62	53	89	52	2	639
Over 156 and up to 208	0	0	0	19	133	34	20	21	24	31	81	57	1	421
Over 208 and up to 260	0	0	0	0	96	19	15	15	21	25	70	60	0	321

Duration of unemployment in weeks	Under17	17	18	19	20–24	25–29	30–34	35–39	40–44	45–49	50–54	50–59	60 and over	Total
Over 260	0	0		0	65	69	44	18	27	48	59	82	1	413
Total females	153	359	623	520	1,890	1,050	601	417	438	488	565	518	4	7,626