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Mr. McNamara
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were registered unemployed for six months or more or for 12 months or more in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) the Yorkshire and Humberside area and (c) the Hull travel-to-work area in May 1979; and what were the comparable figures at the latest available date.
Mr. Alison
[pursuant to his reply, 1 March 1982, c. 40.]: The numbers registered as unemployed are analysed by duration of unemployment in January, April, July and October. The following table gives the information at April 1979 and January 1982 for the areas specified.
| Unemployed for over 26 and up to 52 weeks | Unemployed for over 52 weeks | |||
| April 1979 | January 1982 | April 1979 | January 1982 | |
| United Kingdom | 262,851 | 698,465 | 366,711 | 905,105 |
| Unemployed for over 26 and up to 52 weeks | Unemployed for over 52 weeks | |||
| April 1979 | January 1982 | April 1979 | January 1982 | |
| Yorkshire and Humberside region | 22,515 | 64,154 | 32,728 | 85,226 |
| Hull travel-to-work area | 2,940 | 5,854 | 4,942 | 9,358 |