§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of(a) men and (b) women aged between 55 and 65 years are currently in paid full-time employment.
§ Miss WiddecombeLatest estimates from the winter 1993–94 labour force survey for Great Britain show that 50 per cent. of males and 15 per cent. of females aged 55 to 64 worked full-time as employees or self-employed.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest information he has on levels of economic inactivity in the Doncaster and Mexborough areas; and what were the comparable figures(a) 12 months and (b) 24 months ago.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe available estimates from the labour force survey of economic inactivity levels refer to the Doncaster local authority district area, and are given in the following table. No information from the LFS for local authority districts available prior to spring 1992.
Number of Economically Inactive Persons in Doncaster: Quarter Economically Inactive Persons Spring 1992 97,000 Winter 1992–93 97,000 Winter 1993–94 97,000 1Persons not employed or unemployed according to the International Labour Organisation definitions. Source: Labour Force Survey (not seasonally adjusted).
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list for the Doncaster and Mexborough area the current number of(a) males and (b) females who are in receipt of unemployment benefit, and who have been unemployed for (i) longer than six months, (ii) longer than 12 months, (iii) longer than two years and (iv) three years and over.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe information requested is given in the following table:
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Unadjusted claimant unemployment by duration (April 1994) Doncaster and Mexborough1 Male Female Over 6 months 14,642 3,015 Over 12 months 10,007 1,660 Over 2 Years 5,977 927 Over 3 Years 3,738 577 1Figures are totals for the Doncaster and the Rotherham and Mexborough travel-to-work areas combined.