HC Deb 24 October 1989 vol 158 cc421-3W
Mr. Galloway

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many men aged 45 to 65 years there are(a) in the United Kingdom, (b) in Scotland, (c) in full-time employment in the United Kingdom, (d) in full-time employment in Scotland, (e) in part-time employment in the United Kingdom, (f) in part-time employment in Scotland, (g) registered as unemployed in

Table 1
Men and women aged 45–64 years inclusive—United Kingdom and Scotland
Spring 1988
Thousands
Men Women
United Kingdom Scotland United Kingdom Scotland
All aged 45–64 years inclusive 5,943 525 6,135 575
Of which:
in full-time1 employment 4,228 345 1,439 142
in part-time1 employment 156 13 1,660 132
1 Based on the respondent's hour assessment, not on the number of hours usually worked.

Source:Preliminary 1988 LFS estimates.

The number of men and women aged 45 to 64 years inclusive, who were unemployed and claiming benefit on

Table 2
Unemployed1 men and women aged 45–64 years inclusive—United Kingdom and Scotland
13 July 1989
Men Women
United Kingdom Scotland United Kingdom Scotland
All unemployed aged 45–64 years inclusive 363,448 42,890 126,056 16,116
Of which:
unemployed 52 weeks or less 150,551 15,905 56,589 7,390
unemployed over 52 weeks up to 104 weeks 46,113 5,686 18,755 2,494
unemployed over 104 weeks up to 156 weeks 33,257 3,863 11,243 1,492
unemployed over 156 weeks up to 208 weeks 27,805 3,245 9,468 1,166
unemployed over 208 weeks 105,722 14,191 30,001 3,574
1 People claiming benefit at UBO's on the day of the monthly count, who on that day were unemployed and able and willing to do any suitable work.
Mr. Allen McKay: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons in the Barnsley metropolitan district there were in (a) full-time employment, (b) part-time employment and (c) temporary employment for each year from 1979 (i) by gender and (ii) as a percentage of all employees in (x) manufacturing industry and (y) the service sector industry.

Employees in employment1 in the Barnsley metropolitan district2
September 1981 September 1984 September 1987
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1980 Divisions of SIC Number (thousand) Per cent.3 Number (thousand) Per cent.3 Number (thousand) Per cent.3
Manufacturing industries 2–4 19.2 24.5 16.5 22.6 17.3 25.7
Male full-time 10.1 12.8 8.9 12.2 9.2 13.7
Male part-time 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

the United Kingdom and Scotland and (h) unemployed for one year, two years, three years and four or more years in the United Kingdom and Scotland;

(2) how many women aged 45 to 65 years there are (a) in the United Kingdom, (b) in Scotland, (c) in full-time employment in the United Kingdom, (d) in full-time employment in Scotland, (e) in part-time employment in the United Kingdom, (f) in part-time employment in Scotland, (g) registered as unemployed in the United Kingdom and Scotland and (h)unemployed for one year, two years, three years or four or more years in the United Kingdom and Scotland.

Mr. Nicholls

Estimates from the preliminary results of the 1988 labour force survey (LFS), of the number of men and women aged 45 to 64 years inclusive, as requested in(a) to (f) of the questions, are shown in table 1.

13 July 1989, as requested in (g) and (h) of the questions, are shown in table2.

M. Nicholls

[holding answer 20 October 1989]: The available employee estimates for the area are from the censuses of employment taken in September 1981, September 1984 and September 1987 and are given in the table.

September 1981 September 1984 September 1987
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1980 Divisions of SIC Number (thousand) Per cent.3 Number (thousand) Per cent.3 Number (thousand) Per cent.3
Female full-time 6.9 8.7 6.0 8.2 6.5 9.6
Female part-time 2.1 2.7 1.5 2.1 1.5 2.2
Service industries 6–9 34.2 43.6 35.4 48.6 37.7 55.9
Male full-time 12.0 15.2 12.9 17.8 13.2 19.5
Male part-time 1.4 1.8 1.4 2.0 2.5 3.8
Female full-time 9.6 12.2 9.8 13.5 9.7 14.4
Female part-time 11.3 14.4 11.2 15.4 12.3 18.2
All industries and services 0–9 78.5 100.0 72.8 100.0 67.5 100.0
Male full-time 45.8 58.3 41.5 57.0 33.9 50.3
Male part-time 1.6 2.1 1.6 2.2 2.8 4.1
Female full-time 17.3 22.1 16.7 22.9 16.7 24.8
Female part-time 13.7 17.5 13.0 17.9 14.0 20.8
1 Excludes the self-employed and members of Her Majesty's Forces: employees in temporary employment are included but are not separately identified in the census; part-time workers are defined as those working not more than 30 hours a week.
2The district is defined in terms of ward boundaries as at 1981.
3 Percentage of all industries and services total.

Mr. William Powell

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report all parliamentary constituencies in which the number of people out of work and claiming benefit declined between August 1984 and August 1989 by 70 per cent. or more, giving(a) the percentage decline, (b) the numbers claiming such benefit in August 1984 and (c) the numbers claiming such benefit in August of the current year.

Mr. Nicholls

Between August 1984 and August 1989 the number of unemployed claimants fell by 70 per cent. or

Parliamentary constituencies
Unemployed claimants
Constituency name August 1984 August 1989 Change Percentage change
Wantage 2,391 601 -1,790 -74.86
Horsham 2,180 572 -1,608 -73.76
Henley 2,020 540 -1,480 -73.27
Shoreham 2,053 550 -1,503 -73.21
Reading West 3,334 894 -2,440 -73.19
South West Bedfordshire 3,766 1,044 -2,722 -72.28
Mid Sussex 1,991 553 -1,438 -72.23
Witney 2,646 760 -1,886 -71.28
Milton Keynes 6,750 1,956 -4,794 -71.02
North West Hampshire 2,361 697 -1,664 -70.48
Newbury 2,650 783 -1,867 -70.45
North West Surrey 2,356 704 -1,652 -70.12
Corby 5,914 1,771 -4,143 -70.05