§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the average length of time(a) males over 35 years, (b) males over 16 and under 35 years, (c) women over 16 and under 35 years and (d) women over 35 years remain unemployed.
§ Miss Widdecombe[holding answer 29 November 1993]: Analysis of the computerised records relating to claimants whose spell of unemployment was completed in the period between 10 September and 14 October gives the following median durations of unemployment: those aged between 16 and 35; males—15.7 weeks, females—11.2 weeks: those aged 35 and over; males—21.9 weeks, females—15.9 weeks.
Analysis of a 5 per cent. sample of these same claimants shows that their mean duration of unemployment was as follows: those aged between 16 and 35; males—32 weeks, females —22.7 weeks: those aged 35 and over; males—39£9 weeks, females—29.3 weeks.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide a table showing the number of vacancies in jobcentres that were(a) temporary and (b) permanent in each quarter from April 1987 in each region.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 6 December 1993]: Responsibility for the subject of the question has
Details of permanent and temporary notified vacancies 5 April to 8 October 1993 Period 5 April 1993 to 2 July 1993 5 July 1993 to 8 October 1993 Region Permanent vacancies notified Temporary vacancies notified Permanent vacancies notified Temporary vacancies notified Northern region 17,956 4,444 21,851 6,457 Yorkshire and Humberside regïon 34,516 6,878 40,299 10,857 East Midlands and Eastern region 40,484 12,212 48,768 14,586 London and South East region 114,773 25,423 132,283 32,726 South West region 36,680 10,304 41,138 10,672 Office for Wales 26,532 10,129 29,583 14,246 West Midlands region 34,234 7,003 42,991 8,669 North West region 64,203 19,902 74,754 26,070 Office for Scotland 53,278 14,781 58,804 17,397 NATIONAL TOTAL 422,656 111,076 490,471 141,680
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Details of permanent and temporary notified vacancies 6 April 1992 to 2 April 1993 Period 6 April 1992 to 3 July 1992 6 July 1992 to 2 October 1992 5 October 1992 to 8 January 1993 11 January 1993 to 2 April 1993 Region Permanent vacancies notified Temporary vacancies notified Permanent vacancies notified Temporary vacancies notified Permanent vacancies notified Temporary vacancies notified Permanent vacancies notified Temporary vacancies notified Northern region 20,062 3,953 19,851 6,431 15,620 4,760 16,433 3,631 Yorkshire and Humberside region 31,472 5,039 34,126 6,474 27,666 5,555 29,782 4,785 East Midlands and Eastern region 39,191 10,711 41,668 10,647 33,762 10,402 35,206 7,720 London and South East region 113,916 21,371 112,996 24,329 96,795 26,871 100,593 21,330 South West region 34,577 7,580 32,649 7,536 26,009 6,915 31,449 6,397 Office for Wales 25,888 9,086 25,912 9,410 20,419 10,077 22,000 7,497 West Midlands region 29,982 4,496 33,118 6,211 28,113 6,421 30,816 4,781 North West region 59,776 15,205 61,847 20,745 51,670 18,115 53,792 13,674 Office for Scotland 51,424 13,972 52,808 14,662 44,669 14,212 48,053 11,961 National total 406,288 91,413 414,975 106,445 334,723 103,328 368,124 81,776 been delegated to the Employment Service Agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Mr. M. Fogden to Mr. Alan Milburn, dated 6 December 1993:
211WAs the Employment Service is an Executive Agency, the Secretary of State has asked me to write to you direct to respond to your Parliamentary Question to him asking about the number of vacancies notified to Jobcentres since April 1987. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of the Agency.On 30 July, in response to an earlier question from you on this subject, I sent you details of permanent and temporary notified vacancies from April 1987 until 2 July 1993. For ease of reference this information has been repeated again in the attached tables. In addition, information has been added to cover the period 3 July 1993 to 8 October 1993.As I explained in my earlier letter, changes to the ES area and regional structure means that information is not available in the form requested in respect of the period April 1987 to March 1990. To obtain this information would require direct approaches to my local offices. Given the size of the ES network this would be a disproportionate cost and I am sorry I am unable to supply the detailed information for the earlier period. However, information covering Great Britain as a whole is available and this is also attached.I hope this is helpful.As decided by the Administration Committee of the House of Commons, Chief Executive replies to written Parliamentary Questions will now be published in the Official Report. I will also place a copy of this letter in the library of the House.
Details of permanent and temporary notified vacancies 5 April 1991 to 3 April 1992 Period 8 April 1991 to 5 July 1991 8 July 1991 to 4 October 1991 7 October 1991 to 3 January 1992 6 January 1992to 3 April 1992 Region Permanent vacancies notified Temporary vacancies notified Permanent vacancies notified Temporary vacancies notified Permanent vacancies notified Temporary vacancies notified Permanent vacancies notified Temporary vacancies notified Northern region 21,480 5,064 21,244 5,233 17,089 4,407 19,962 3,361 Yorkshire and Humberside region 32,479 7,765 33,383 7,516 25,247 6,459 29,559 4,748 East Midlands and Eastern region 41,167 15,916 43,408 13,307 31,718 11,084 37,950 7,962 London and South East region 109,042 38,093 117,659 37,172 89,972 34,950 103,478 30,479 South West region 31,754 8,847 36,016 8,380 25,963 7,141 34,035 7,762 Office for Wales 22,819 10,893 22,571 13,738 17,696 10,071 19,983 11,646 West Midlands region 33,303 8,258 32,764 8,198 25,786 5,698 30,348 4,603 North West region 60,575 21,717 62,565 21,617 46,056 19,878 55,662 16,060 Office for Scotland 51,687 15,753 54,374 15,543 38,520 14,040 45,601 17,818 National total 404,306 132,306 423,984 130,704 318,047 113,728 376,578 104,439
Details of permanent and temporary notified vacancies 9 April 1990 to 5 April 1991 Period 6 April 1990 to 6 July 1990 9 July 1990 to 5 October 1990 8 October 1991 to 4 January 1991 7 January 1991 to 5 April 1991 Region Permanent vacancies notified Temporary vacancies notified Permanent vacancies notified Temporary vacancies notified Permanent vacancies notified Temporary vacancies notified Permanent vacancies notified Temporary vacancies notified Northern region 28,341 5,436 28,945 6,606 19,605 5,907 20,236 5,724 Yorkshire and Humberside region 43,905 8,338 45,504 9,310 30,055 7,585 30,321 5,342 East Midlands and Eastern region 47,021 11,527 46,726 11,893 34,155 9,223 36,328 8,013 London and South East region 127,503 39,632 119,005 45,548 90,485 38,157 96,219 34,093 South West region 41,596 10,256 38,658 8,266 25,491 6,594 27,621 8,976 Office for Wales 29,314 10,782 27,317 12,694 19,672 9,446 20,785 8,646 West Midlands region 44,305 5,599 43,559 7,999 30,683 6,475 30,565 5,388 North West region 76,003 18,324 77,683 24,035 55,887 24,344 58,109 19,896 Office for Scotland 53,025 19,769 71,179 2,653 40,445 15,932 47,068 17,624 NATIONAL TOTAL 491,103 129,663 498,576 129,004 346,478 123,663 367,252 113,702
Permanent and temporary vacancies Great Britain 3 April 1987 to 6 April 1990 Permanent vacancies notified Temporary vacancies notified 1987–88 3 April 1987 to 3 July 1987 468,996 210,708 6 July 1987 to 2 October 1987 501,197 227,078 5 October 1987 to 8 January 1988 369,122 197,996 11 January 1988 to 8 April 1988 483,308 159,501 1988–89 11 April 1988 to 8 July 1988 536,813 188,610 11 July 1988 to 7 October 1988 551,792 183,931 10 October 1988 to 6 January 1989 431,515 159,602 9 January 1989 to 7 April 1989 519,323 129,831 1989–90 10 April 1989 to 7 July 1989 1502,329 1205,176 10 July 1989 to 6 October 1989 1526,374 1204,701 9 October 1989 to 5 January 1990 1402,654 1164,464 8 January 1990 to 6 April 1990 1475,679 1167,130 1Estimated.