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Northern Region

Volume 19: debated on Friday 5 March 1982

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asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the most recent unemployment figures for each Northern region county and travel-to-work area, categorised by sex, age, and the duration of unemployment, for the last month for which statistics are available.

The following table gives the information at 14 January for each county in the Northern region and for the north Tyne, south Tyne and Teesside travel-to-work areas. Corresponding figures for other travel-to-work areas in the region could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Northumberland

Males

Females

Duration in weeks

Under 25

25–54

55 and over

All ages

Under 25

25–54

55 and over

All ages

2 or less199204474501431006249
Over 2 and up to 4 weeks19019846434148542204
Over 4 and up to 8 weeks3274232419912501817438
Over 8 and up to 13 weeks34642716493725625219527
Over 13 and up to 26 weeks8008644382,102668452381,158
Over 26 and up to 52 weeks6808335582,071554527481,129
Over 52 and up to 104 weeks4958725601,92726930658633
Over 104 and up to 156 weeks6321634362231481392
Over 156 weeks30230388648154939103
Total3,1304,2672,78510,1822,3341,9692304,533

Tyne and Wear

Males

Females

Duration in weeks

Under 25

25–54

55 and over

All ages

Under 25

25–54

55 and over

All ages

2 or less9701,1152232,308810415221,247
Over 2 and up to 4 weeks8511,2693042,424695386301,111
Over 4 and up to 8 weeks2,0372,5965635,1961,257832562,145
Over 8 and up to 13 weeks2,1662,9056745,7451,468926582,452
Over 13 and up to 26 weeks4,7084,9501,57311,2313,3051,9302205,455
Over 26 and up to 52 weeks4,8436,4792,23113,5533,0142,5482725,834
Over 52 and up to 104 weeks4,5977,5832,53414,7141,9051,7332733,911
Over 104 and up to 156 weeks1,2022,6209394,76137940792878
Over 156 weeks5644,2892,1466,9992125933041,109
Total21,93833,80611,18766,93113,0459,7701,32724,142

North Tyne travel-to-work area

Males

Females

Duration in weeks

Under 25

25–54

55 and over

All ages

Under 25

25–54

55 and over

All ages

2 or less3874778795134917111531
Over 2 and up to 4 weeks3775061231,00626518721473
Over 4 and up to 8 weeks8861,0652202,17151634221879
Over 8 and up to 13 weeks9441,2722572,47355940326988
Over 13 and up to 26 weeks2,0852,0806624,8271,4128761072,395
Over 26 and up to 52 weeks1,8602,5548975,3111,2021,0281142,344
Over 52 and up to 104 weeks1,7632,8761,0335,6727266151001,441
Over 104 and up to 156 weeks4801,0583361,87413016237329
Over 156 weeks1881,4978292,5146114381285
Total8,97013,3854,44426,7995,2203,9275189,665

South Tyne Travel-to-work area

Males

Females

Duration in weeks

Under 25

25–54

55 and over

All ages

Under 25

25–54

55 and over

All ages

2 or less3614111028742881318427
Over 2 and up to 4 weeks3155441731,0322271078342
Over 4 and up to 8 weeks7461,0222552,02343627717730
Over 8 and up to 13 weeks8011,1402952,23653230821861
Over 13 and up to 26 weeks1,7071,8716474,2251,247646731,966
Over 26 and up to 52 weeks1,8132,3848915,0881,1099361032,148
Over 52 and up to 104 weeks1,6592,6349495,2427316171031,451
Over 104 and up to 156 weeks4138743241,61115014132323
Over 156 weeks1691,3097632,24165230134429
Total7,98412,1894,39924,5724,7853,3934998,677

Teeside Travel -to-work area

Males

Females

Duration in weeks

Under 25

25–54

55 and over

All ages

Under 25

25–54

55 and over

All ages

2 or less37549010797248218810680
Over 2 and up to 4 weeks4015161421,059277815363

Males

Females

Duration in weeks

Under 25

25–54

55 and over

All ages

Under 25

25–54

55 and over

All ages

Over 4 and up to 8 weeks7959972532,04555126615832
Over 8 and up to 13 weeks8931,2143062,41357337430977
Over 13 and up to 26 weeks2,1952,4308275,4521,631862722,565
Over 26 and up to 52 weeks2,2303,0851,6967,0111,4581,0491132,620
Over 52 and up to 104 weeks2,4334,2651,9038,6011,0838801632,126
Over 104 and up to 156 weeks6581,4354362,52922517046441
Over 156 weeks2181,3617062,2859018487361
Total10,19815,7936,37632,3676,3704,05454110,965