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Miss Wright
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many of those persons registered as unemployed in the various employment offices covering the Birmingham area have been unemployed (a) between six and 12 months, (b) between one and two years and (c) over two years, expressed both in absolute numbers and as percentages.
Mr. Alison
The following table gives the numbers registered as unemployed (old basis) at 14 October in the Birmingham travel-to-work area for the lengths of time specified and expresses these numbers as percentages of the total number registered as unemployed in the area.
| Registered unemployed | ||||
| Males aged under 65 years | Females aged under 60 years | |||
| Number | percentage rate | Number | Percentage rate | |
| Liverpool travel-to-work area | ||||
| April 1979 | 41,524 | — | 14,691 | — |
Number
| As a percentage of total unemployed
| |
| Unemployed for over 26 and up to 52 weeks | 24,587 | 19·5 |
| Unemployed for over 52 and up to 104 weeks | 32,295 | 25·7 |
| Unemployed for over 104 weeks | 21,525 | 17·1 |