§ Mr. LeightonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has on the destination of the 377,000 individuals who left the unemployment register between May 1987 and March 1988 but did not apparently enter work.
§ Mr. CopeIn the 10 months May 1988 to March 1988 the total outflow from the United Kingdom claimant count was over 4.1 million. Information on the destinations of those leaving the count is not available.
§ Mr. William PowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the total number of persons out of work and claiming benefit for each(a) assisted area and (b) intermediate area on 8 April.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the library. The table shows the total number of unemployed claimants for each development area and intermediate area on 8 April 1988.
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Unemployed claimants—April 1988 Development Areas Unemployed Claimants South West Falmouth 1,636 Helston 1,189 Newquay 1,817 Penzance and St. Ives 2,913 Redruth and Camborne 3,362 East Midlands Corby 2,605 Yorkshire and Humberside Rotherham and Mexborough 19,925 Scunthorpe 7,089 Whitby 1,138 North West Liverpool 86,887 Widnes and Runcorn 8,931 Wigan and St. Helens 28,079 Wirral and Chester 30,936 North Workington 3,593 Bishop Auckland 6,795
Development Areas Unemployed Claimants Hartlepool 8,185 Middlesbrough 23,944 Newcastle upon Tyne 53,464 South Tyneside 12,503 Stockton on Tees 12,086 Sunderland 31,471 Wales Aberdare 3,645 Blanau Gwent and Abergavenny 5,422 Cardigan 1,428 Holyhead 3,338 Lampeter and Aberaeron 891 Merthyr and Rhymney 8,632 Neath and Port Talbot 5,623 Pontypridd and Rhondda 9,121 Shotton, Flint and Rhyl 9,156 South Pembrokeshire 2,556 Wrexham 5,833 Scotland Arbroath 1,535 Bathgate 7,671 Cumnock and Sanquhar 4,031 Dumbarton 5,010 Dundee 13, 027 Glasgow 97,865 Greenock 9,116 Irvine 9,980 Kilmarnock 4,723 Lanarkshire 27,400 392W
Unemployed claimants—April 1988 Intermediate Areas Unemployed Claimant Region South West Bodmin and Liskeard 2,764 Bude 734 Cinderford and Ross on Wye 2,543 Plymouth 16,023 West Midlands Birmingham 92,855 Coventry and Hinkley 27,097 Dudley and Sandwell 33,370 Kidderminster 3,786 Telford and Bridgenorth 8,716 Walsall 19,241 Wolverhampton 19,352 East Midlands Gainsborough 1,671 Yorkshire and Humberside Barnsley 13,835 Bradford 23,665 Doncaster 17,489 Grimsby 10,562 Hull 24,225 Sheffield 38,899 North West Accrington and Rossendale 4,879 Blackburn 7,343 Bolton and Bury 21,850 Manchester 85,606 Oldham 9,269 Rochdale 7,872 North Darlington 5,954 Durham 7,643 Morpeth and Ashington 7,637
Intermediate Areas Unemployed Claimant Wales Bangor and Caenarfon 4,129 Bridgend 6,906 Cardiff 22,442 Fishguard 538 Haverfordwest 2,998 Llanelli 4,816 Newport 10,000 Pontypool and Cwmbran 4,884 Porthmadoc and Ffestiniog 736 Pwhelli 890 Swansea 13,751 Scotland Alloa 2,971 Ayr 5,780 Badenoch 463 Campeltown 707 Dunfermline 7,225 Dunoon and Bute 1,268 Falkirk 8,478 Forres 652 Girvan 734 Invergordon and Dingwall 3,074 Kirkcaldy 10,632 Lochaber 1,210 Newton Stewart 613 Skye and Wester Ross 952 Stewartry 818 Stranraer 1,230 Sutherland 772 Western Isles 2,050 Wirk 880
§ Mr. William PowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in theOfficial Report each travel-to-work area, not being either an assisted or intermediate area, in which male unemployment on 8 April was 10 per cent. or higher.
§ Mr. LeeThe following information is in the Library. The table shows the number of male unemployed claimants, expressed as a percentage of employees in employment plus the unemployed for each of the non-assisted travel-to-work areas in Great Britain, on 14 April 1988, in which the male unemployment rate was 10 per cent. or higher. The figures are not seasonally adjusted.
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Not assisted areas Unemployed claimants—April 1988 Travel to work area Rate Skegness 22.6 Torbay 19.2 Thanet 19.2 Mansfield 19.1 Alnwick and Amble 18.8 Castleford and Pontefract 18.1 Clacton 17.9 Blackpool 17.8 Worksop 17.8 Conwy and Colwyn 16.9 Buckie 16.5 Bideford 16.3 Louth and Mablethorpe 16.2 Chesterfield 16.0 Wakefield and Dewsbury 16.0 Stirling 15.8 Crieff 15.4 Keith 15.4 Inverness 15.3 Fraserburgh 15.3 Peterhead 15.1 Islay/Mid Argyll 15.0 Lancaster and Morecambe 14.9 394W
Travel to work area Rate Berwickshire 14.8 Dolgellau and Barmouth 14.8 Minehead 14.6 Monmouth 14.5 Brechin and Montrose 14.4 Orkney Islands 14.3 Folkestone 14.3 Great Yarmouth 14.2 Bridlington and Driffield 14.2 Machynlleth 14.0 Edinburgh 13.8 Burnley 13.8 Nottingham 13.8 Alferton and Ashfield 13.6 Peebles 13.6 Isle of Wight 13.4 Goole and Selby 13.4 Annan 13.3 Banff 13.3 Weston-super-Mare 13.2 Elgin 13.2 Wisbech 13.1 Blairgowrie and Pitlochry 13.1 Barnstaple and Ilfracombe 13.1 Lincoln 12.9 Harwich 12.9 Scarborough and Filey 12.8 Horncastle and Market Rasen 12.6 Oban 12.5 Newark 12.5 St. Austell 12.2 Dartmouth and Kingsbridge 12.1 Perth 12.1 Cromer and North Walsham 11.9 Berwick on Tweed 11.9 Forfar 11.9 Thurso 11.9 Retford 11.9 Lockberie 11.8 Warrington 11.8 Pendle 11.7 Truro 11.7 North West Fife 11.6 Northwich 11.6 Leeds 11.5 Aberystwyth 11.5 Hawick 11.5 Denbeigh 11.5 Derby 11.4 Llandeilo 11.4 Thirsk 11.4 Carmarthen 11.3 Boston 11.3 Hastings 11.1 Burton on Trent 11.1 Preston 11.0 Keighley 10.9 Dumfries 10.9 Calderdale 10.9 Lowestoft 10.8 Huddersfield 10.8 York 10.7 Bournemouth 10.7 Kelso and Jedburgh 10.7 Dover and Deal 10.7 Sittingbourne and Sheerness 10.6 Huntly 10.6 Newton Abbot 10.6 Portsmouth 10.6 Whitchurch and Market Drayton 10.4 London 10.4 Southend 10.3 South Molton 10.3 Malvern and Ledbury 10.2 Llandrindod Wells 10.2 Fakenham 10.2 Launceston 10.0 Canterbury 10.0
§ Mr. ParryTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what was the percentage level of unemployment at the latest available date in the Liverpool, Riverside constituency;
(2) if he will list in the Official Reportthe percentage figures for unemployment for the top 10 constituencies in England and Wales and the percentage of the bottom 10 constituencies.
§ Mr. LeeThe information requested is not available. The Department does not calculate unemployment rates for areas smaller than travel-to-work areas.
§ Mr. GrocottTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has for each of the member states of the EEC concerning(a) the average weekly hours worked, (b) the average holiday entitlement and (c) the normal retirement age in the most recent years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. LeeThe table sets out the latest available information published by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) covering average weekly hours worked in manufacturing industry. Information on average holiday entitlement and age of retirement is not. readily available.
Average weekly hours worked in manufacturing Country Hours Year Belgium5 33.0 1986 Denmark1 33.0 1986 France 38.6 1986 Greece3 39.1 1986 Ireland 41.2 1986 Italy 67.77 1984 Luxembourg 40.3 1986 Netherlands3 40.3 1985 Portugal1 38.1 1985 Spain4 36.9 1986 West Germany3 40.4 1986 United Kingdom2 41.6 1986 Source: ILO Yearbook of Labour Statistics 1987.
1Provisional.
2United Kingdom's figures are for full time workers on adult rates of pay; excludes quarrying.
3Hours paid for rather than hours actually worked.
4Spain's figures are for employed persons (including armed forces) aged 16 years or over.
5Belgium's figures exclude primary iron and steel industries.
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