Labour Statistics (Hansard, 25 May 1989)

§ Mr. McLeish

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the unemployment rate by age and sex for the standard regions and Wales, and for each of the year 1983 based on the labour force survey.

Unemployment² rates by age, sex and region
Spring estimates
Thousands
	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	³1988
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
Northern region
All 16²	16.9	11.3	16.9	14.1	16.0	12.4	15.8	11.6	14.9	11.0	15.0	11.6
16–19	36.2	27.4	24.7	29.5	28.7	20.3	25.0	21.6	25.6	17.3	18.8	17.8
20–24	23.8	16.3	31.9	17.9	23.9	16.2	28.6	18.8	22.8	13.7	16.1	13.8
25–34	17.6	12.3	16.3	17.4	14.5	16.6	15.4	13.0	15.1	14.7	17.3	14.3
35–49	10.9	6.0	12.9	10.0	12.6	8.7	11.7	7.1	10.4	8.1	12.7	8.3
50–59	11.3	¹—	11.5	¹—	14.2	¹—	11.8	¹—	12.6	¹—	14.6	¹—
60+	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Yorks and Humberside region
All 16²	13.8	10.2	12.4	11.2	12.9	10.9	12.4	10.3	12.4	9.5	11.7	9.4
16–19	28.6	21.7	24.2	21.5	21.4	19.9	18.4	22.8	21.2	17.3	19.1	16.8
20–24	21.0	16.2	22.2	15.1	22.3	16.8	19.8	15.1	20.2	13.2	18.7	12.7
25–34	14.6	12.6	11.4	13.6	12.7	13.4	11.2	12.1	12.5	11.7	11.3	11.5
35–49	8.5	6.1	9.0	7.7	8.6	6.2	9.4	7.0	7.5	5.9	7.5	5.9
50–59	10.6	¹—	8.6	7.2	9.8	7.8	11.0	¹—	10.5	6.5	11.6	¹—
60–	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	14.8	¹—	¹—	¹—
East Anglia region
All 16²	9.6	9.4	7.2	8.1	7.5	9.7	7.3	8.7	7.6	9.1	4.7	6.1
16–19	20.0	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
20–24	20.6	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
25–34	¹—	¹—	9.9	¹—	¹—	13.1	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
35–49	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	5.8	¹—	¹—	7.7	¹—	¹—
50–59	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
60+	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
South East region
All 16²	8.7	8.3	8.0	8.5	7.8	8.2	8.4	8.2	7.8	7.4	5.8	6.1
16–19	19.6	16.7	16.8	14.1	15.7	13.1	16.5	12.7	12.9	10.4	9.2	8.1
20–24	14.0	9.5	12.8	11.6	11.2	9.3	12.8	9.6	10.0	9.8	8.4	8.2
25–34	8.2	10.2	7.2	9.4	7.8	10.4	8.8	10.8	7.4	8.9	5.0	7.1
35–49	5.8	6.6	5.2	6.8	5.8	6.5	5.5	6.2	5.8	6.0	3.9	4.6
50–59	6.6	4.9	6.8	5.5	5.6	5.7	6.9	5.8	7.6	5.1	6.7	5.1
60+	7.4	¹—	7.5	5.8	7.1	¹—	6.2	¹—	8.4	¹—	6.0	¹—
Greater London
16–19	20.3	15.0	20.7	19.5	17.1	18.5	23.1	16.4	18.5	12.7	14.1	13.1
20–24	15.5	10.6	14.1	14.5	12.1	10.2	14.7	11.5	13.7	10.0	11.8	9.4
25–34	10.9	10.6	9.2	10.7	10.4	10.2	12.8	10.4	9.7	8.2	7.6	7.6
35–49	7.9	7.1	7.1	8.1	7.4	8.4	8.0	7.5	8.6	6.2	5.7	5.6
50–59	6.9	5.0	7.4	5.1	6.9	6.1	8.4	6.3	8.7	5.2	9.9	6.9
60+	9.2	¹—	9.5	¹—	9.4	¹—	¹—	¹—	8.1	¹—	7.0	¹—
South West region
All 16²	8.9	8.5	8.1	8.9	7.2	8.2	8.5	8.5	7.8	8.8	5.8	6.8

668W

§ Mr. Lee

[holding answer 19 May 1989]: Estimates from labour force surveys are as shown in the following table:

671W

	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	³1988
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	women	Men	Women
North West region	88	306	74	292	86	306	71	297	89	312	85	336
Wales	27	106	24	103	26	110	27	118	29	107	28	115
Other Non-Manual
Northern region	37	66	30	66	33	60	42	63	41	55	46	67
Yorkshire and Humberside region	69	87	63	89	66	95	70	92	66	92	71	91
East Midlands region	60	63	62	66	54	66	64	64	63	66	70	71
East Anglia region	38	34	43	35	41	33	47	32	42	43	40	48
South East region	289	279	297	314	305	305	289	301	306	310	323	306
of which Greater London	103	102	107	104	114	104	105	109	106	102	113	120
South West region	80	80	82	82	80	92	81	94	86	85	92	99
West Midlands region	68	84	66	76	68	80	71	85	77	89	88	91
North West region	83	101	78	97	87	107	90	119	81	114	85	116
Wales	31	47	34	44	33	50	32	52	32	51	36	48
Craft and similar
Northern region	207	24	219	22	205	25	197	22	196	19	193	24
Yorkshire and Humberside region	331	36	346	44	342	41	337	41	334	35	324	40
East Midlands region	286	67	286	56	285	59	299	71	289	63	287	61
East Anglia region	120	13	127	12	133	12	126	14	132	13	135	¹—
South East region	1,050	83	1,065	86	991	95	967	83	1,018	89	1,034	100
of which Greater London	389	41	381	37	346	34	328	31	347	34	335	34
South West region	285	21	263	22	282	26	280	29	306	27	305	24
West Midlands region	373	31	375	44	369	45	367	42	370	42	376	52
North West region	406	50	413	59	397	42	375	53	377	61	399	51
Wales	171	14	173	13	175	20	155	14	156	22	171	19
General Labourers
Northern region	27	¹—	22	¹—	21	¹—	16	¹—	13	¹—	13	¹—
Yorkshire and Humberside region	44	¹—	39	¹—	31	¹—	24		17	¹—	18	¹—
East Midlands region	37	¹—	30	¹—	31	¹—	19	¹—	15	¹—	13	¹—
East Anglia region	¹—	¹—	10	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
South East region	47	11	47	¹—	38	¹—	47	¹—	30	¹—	26	¹—
of which Greater London	13	¹—	12	¹—	14	¹—	19	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
South West region	16	¹—	16	¹—	10	¹—	11	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
West Midlands region	28	¹—	28	¹—	27	¹—	23	¹—	20	¹—	21	¹—
North West region	30	¹—	40	¹—	31	¹—	25	¹—	20	¹—	21	¹—
Wales	23	¹—	19	¹—	14	¹—	13	¹—	11	¹—	11	¹—
Other Manual
Northern region	206	173	199	187	205	173	191	177	191	176	207	180
Yorkshire and Humberside region	346	299	327	300	331	294	321	300	333	302	338	287
East Midlands region	283	214	259	221	236	219	280	226	297	212	286	238
East Anglia region	151	123	147	120	145	112	135	119	144	115	163	142
South East region	1,063	789	1,091	856	1,105	827	1,075	845	1,095	847	1,158	867
of which Greater London	450	300	467	317	436	292	436	294	434	285	449	287
South West region	293	239	293	234	310	256	289	241	308	262	310	259
West Midlands region	344	300	341	300	333	282	338	301	268	300	392	312
North West region	408	345	408	367	400	369	431	369	425	338	425	352
Wales	165	130	167	141	172	140	171	138	178	141	188	149
On Government employment and training programmes
Northern region	16	11	16	¹—	19	13	23	11	30	19	31	17
Yorkshire and Humberside region	22	15	18	10	29	12	33	13	36	20	36	19
East Midlands region	14	10	16	10	20	¹—	21	11	24	12	25	16
East Anglia region	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	10	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	12	¹—
South East region	47	36	36	28	40	31	45	25	45	25	49	34
of which Greater London	14	11	13	¹—	11	12	15	12	19	¹—	18	14
South West region	17	10	16	¹—	17	10	22	12	17	14	27	15
West Midlands region	20	12	20	13	34	20	36	18	38	21	29	24
North West region	29	20	31	20	33	19	36	13	50	29	48	27
Wales	13	¹—	12	¹—	18	¹—	15	¹—	23	14	26	11
¹ Sample size too small for a reliable estimate.
² Occupation data are only available for employees and self-employed. Not all person on Government employment and training programmes are asked the appropriate question.
³ Preliminary results (1988 only).

Persons in employment by broad occupation group, sex and region
Spring estimates, Thousands
	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	³1988
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
Employees and Self-employed²
Managerial and Professional
Northern region	181	98	186	98	189	104	209	120	220	136	205	128
Yorkshire and Humberside region	312	188	344	183	358	185	353	206	351	225	371	219
East Midlands region	278	141	308	163	323	158	307	164	299	169	326	174
East Anglia region	149	64	162	77	163	87	179	87	177	99	179	98
South East region	1,652	801	1,741	873	1,859	907	1,887	908	1,823	952	1,908	997
of which Greater London	605	350	652	374	725	405	705	376	677	399	723	406
South West region	350	186	383	215	394	211	412	214	392	230	409	245
West Midlands region	369	173	373	187	395	201	417	215	379	222	423	242
North West region	443	257	440	252	484	284	470	269	486	298	489	322
Wales	183	108	202	127	194	112	211	126	198	115	198	130
Clerical and related
Northern region	34	125	28	119	30	125	27	135	33	145	33	140
Yorkshire and Humberside region	48	212	59	216	51	220	46	223	54	225	49	242
East Midlands region	40	174	45	189	43	189	37	190	39	199	46	202
East Anglia region	25	92	25	89	21	97	20	104	27	97	26	113
South East region	341	1,080	319	1,104	302	1,149	290	1,172	330	1,217	354	1,237
of which Greater London	168	464	136	446	139	480	128	473	154	510	162	482
South West region	64	209	62	216	60	228	54	227	62	249	62	266
West Midlands region	53	243	44	248	47	252	49	262	51	260	56	255

Employees and self-employed in service industries (SIC's 6–9), by region¹
Spring estimates
Thousands
	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	21988
Northern region	679	696	672	719	763	754
Yorkshire and Humberside region	1,124	1,175	1,196	1,219	1,264	1,265
East Midlands region	865	921	896	941	951	1,011
East Anglia region	495	510	511	545	579	605
South East region	5,092	5,334	5,413	5,495	5,618	5,855
of which Greater London	2,187	2,230	2,259	2,276	2,340	2,402
South West region	1,149	1,190	1,275	1,230	1,366	1,386
West Midlands region	1,121	1,124	1,154	1,197	1,231	1,320
North West region	1,500	1,506	1,601	1,593	1,646	1,701
Wales	592	628	633	686	652	684
Source: Labour Force Surveys.
¹ Industry data are available only for employees and self-employed. Not all persons on Government employment and training programmes are asked the appropriate question.
² Preliminary results (1988 only).