Labour Statistics (Hansard, 1 December 1992)

§ 15. Mr. Malcolm Bruce
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of Britain's work force is currently unemployed; and what percentage of the European Community's work force is currently unemployed.

§ Mr. Michael Forsyth
The latest available and most up to date figures are published by the OECD. These show an unemployment rate for the United Kingdom of 10.2 per cent. for October 1992 compared with an EC average, excluding Denmark, Greece and Luxembourg, of 9.4 per cent. for September 1992.

§ 16. Ms. Estelle Morris
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies there have been in the west midlands in the last three months.

§ Mr. McLoughlin
The latest available figures from the quarterly labour force survey show that 32,000 people were made redundant in the west midlands in the three months prior to the spring 1992 survey.

§ 19. Mr. Martyn Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what the change has been in the numbers unemployed for a year or longer since 1 December 1991.

§ Mr. McLoughlin
Claimant unemployment figures by duration are available on a quarterly basis and are not adjusted for seasonal influences. Between January 1992 and October 1992 the number of claimants unemployed for more than one year rose by 208,635.

§ 20. Mr. Canavan
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of unemployed people in the United Kingdom, using the same counting base as in May 1979.

§ Mr. McLoughlin
No such figures are available from the Department. Attempting to estimate how many people would now be registered as unemployed at jobcentres and careers offices if voluntary registration had not been introduced in October 1982 would involve speculation about economic, demographic and other factors.

§ 25. Mr. Skinner
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest unemployment figures; and what the figures were in May 1979.

§ Mr. McLoughlin
On the consistent, seasonally adjusted basis, there were 2,867,600 claimant unemployed people in the United Kingdom in October 1992 compared with 1,087,000 in May 1979.

§ Mr. Martlew
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people in the Carlisle travel-to-work area are not in employment, not on a youth training scheme and not in full-time education.

§ Mr. McLoughlin
In October 1992 there were 1,143 unemployed claimants aged under 25 in the Carlisle travel-to-work area.