HC Deb 20 June 1988 vol 135 cc390-4W
Mr. Leighton

To 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. Cope

In 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 Powell

To 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. Lee

The 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.

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

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 Powell

To 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. Lee

The 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.

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

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. Parry

To 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. Lee

The information requested is not available. The Department does not calculate unemployment rates for areas smaller than travel-to-work areas.

Mr. Grocott

To 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. Lee

The 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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