HC Deb 21 January 1988 vol 125 cc801-3W
Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average annual percentage of(a) economically active males and (b) economically active females unemployed in the district of Derwentside, for each of the last eight years.

Mr. Lee

Information on the economically active population for small areas is available only from the decennial census of population, the last of which relates to April 1981. The following table shows the numbers of economically active males and females who were not in employment as a percentage of the total economically active, in the Derwentside local authority area, for all ages and for those aged 16 to 19 years at that date.

Males Per cent. Females Per cent.
All ages 29.2 10.1
Aged 16–19 27.7 21.1

Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people presently unemployed in the district of Derwentside have been unemployed for more than(a) one year, (b) two years and (c) three years.

Mr. Lee

The following information is available from the library. On 8 October 1987 the numbers of unemployed claimants in the Derwentside local authority area who had been unemployed for more than one year, two years and three years were 2,679, 1,893 and 1,427, respectively.

Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average annual percentage of economically active males and economically active females, under 19 years of age, in the district of Derwentside, for each of the last eight years.

Mr. Lee

The latest available information comes from the 1981 census of population, which found that 64.3 per cent, of males and 54.3 per cent, of females aged 16 to 18 years and usually resident in the district of Derwentside were economically active.

Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have been registered as unemployed for more than one period of time in any one year in the district of Derwentside in each of the last eight years.

Mr. Lee

The information requested is not available.

Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what was the number of(a) males and (b) females employed in the district of Derwentside, for each of the last eight years;

(2) what proportion of the total employed population in the district of Derwentside were employed in (a) manufacturing industry and (b) service industries for each of the last eight years;

(3) what was the number of people employed (a) full-time, and (b) part-time in the district of Derwentside, for each of the last eight years.

Mr. Lee

Information about employment in local areas is available only for years in which censuses of employment are conducted. The available employee estimates for the district of Derwentside, taken from the September 1981 and September 1984 censuses of employment, are as follows.

Employees in employment1
Derwentside local authority district2 September 1981 September 1984
Number (thousand) Per cent. Number (thousand) Per cent.
All industries and services
Male 8,700 9,600
Female 9,100 8,900
Male and Female 18,800 100.0 18,500 100.0
Full-time 13,900 13,600
Part-time3 4,900 4,900
Manufacturing industries 4,800 25.7 4,300 23.5
Service industries 12,200 65.0 12,200 66.2
1 The figures exclude the self employed and members of HM Forces.
2 The district is defined in terms of ward boundaries as at 1981.
3 Part-time workers are defined as those working not more than 30 hours a week.

Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many private sector firms there are with(a) fewer than 24 employees, (b) between 25 and 49 employees, (c) between 50 and 199 employees, and (d) more than 199 employees, in the district of Derwentside; and what is the total number of people employed by firms in each category.

Mr. Lee

I regret that the information requested is not available.