asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report at the latest available date male unemployment by region, as a percentage of the national average.
The available information is contained in my Department's press notice of 7 March 1985, a copy of which is available in the Library.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the proportion of married males and females unemployed for a year or more aged under 25 years, 25 to 44 years and 45-plus years, respectively, who were unskilled or semi-skilled, had dependent children aged under 16 years, and had an unemployed or economically inactive spouse.
I shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide, for the four quarters of January 1985, the average unemployment off-flow data according to the under 18, 18 to 24, 24 to 44 and 45 plus years age groups, by the under 26, 26 to 52, 52 to 104, 104 to 156, 156 to 208, 208 to 260 and 260-plus weeks duration of unemployment groupings as a total, and by sex, for the south-west and nationally.
I am sending a copy of a computer print giving information on outflows from unemployment between January 1984 and January 1985. This information is also available from the Library. The information provided relates only to people ceasing to be unemployed whose claims were dealt with by computer.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide the latest quarterly unemployment figures broken down according to the under 18, 18 to 24, 24 to 44, and 45 plus years age grouping, by the under 26, 26 to 52, 52 to 104, 104 to 156, 156 to 208, 208 to 260 and 260-plus weeks' duration of unemployment groupings as a total and by sex for the south-west, and nationally.
Following is the information, which is available in the Library, at 10 January 1985, the latest date for which an analysis of unemployment by age and duration is available.
Unemployment by age and duration January 1985
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Under 18 years
| 18–24
| 25–44
| 45 and over
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| SOUTH WEST | ||||
Total
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| Less than 26 weeks | 9,225 | 40,899 | 38,709 | 20,163 |
| 26–52 weeks | 1,419 | 11,996 | 14,218 | 8,930 |
| 52–104 weeks | 604 | 9,233 | 12,057 | 9,790 |
| 104–156 weeks | — | 3,837 | 5,946 | 5,818 |
| 156–208 weeks | — | 1,477 | 3,516 | 3,959 |
| 208–260 weeks | — | 735 | 2,583 | 2,775 |
| 260 weeks + | — | 256 | 2,002 | 3,347 |
Male
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| Less than 26 weeks | 5,091 | 23,112 | 24,645 | 15,540 |
| 26–52 weeks | 804 | 6,654 | 8,153 | 6,754 |
| 52–104 weeks | 318 | 5,696 | 8,555 | 7,075 |
| 104–156 weeks | — | 2,473 | 4,741 | 4,108 |
| 156–208 weeks | — | 989 | 2,957 | 2,871 |
| 208–260 weeks | — | 523 | 2,250 | 2,046 |
| 260 weeks + | — | 157 | 1,642 | 2,526 |
Female
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| Less than 26 weeks | 4,134 | 17,787 | 14,064 | 4,623 |
| 26–52 weeks | 615 | 5,342 | 6,065 | 2,176 |
| 52–104 weeks | 286 | 3,537 | 3,502 | 2,715 |
| 104–156 weeks | — | 1,364 | 1,205 | 1,710 |
| 156–208 weeks | — | 488 | 559 | 1,088 |
| 208–260 weeks | — | 212 | 333 | 729 |
| 260 weeks + | — | 99 | 360 | 821 |
| UNITED KINGDOM | ||||
Total
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| Less than 26 weeks | 152,289 | 540,929 | 509,687 | 240,864 |
| 26–52 weeks | 30,059 | 197,861 | 223,017 | 130,235 |
| 52–104 weeks | 15,330 | 184,389 | 206,248 | 148,641 |
| 104–156 weeks | — | 91,285 | 121,069 | 94,901 |
| 156–208 weeks | — | 42,785 | 82,575 | 69,562 |
| 208–260 weeks | — | 23,242 | 66,252 | 50,378 |
| 260 weeks + | — | 8,014 | 50,629 | 60,717 |
Male
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| Less than 26 weeks | 87,045 | 321,848 | 334,218 | 185,776 |
| 26–52 weeks | 18,079 | 119,592 | 138,684 | 100,133 |
| 52–104 weeks | 8,728 | 120,432 | 157,080 | 112,067 |
| 104–156 weeks | — | 62,582 | 102,970 | 70,863 |
| 156–208 weeks | — | 30,592 | 73,612 | 53,834 |
| 208–260 weeks | — | 17,374 | 60,412 | 40,220 |
| 260 weeks + | — | 5,621 | 44,586 | 49,700 |
Female
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| Less than 26 weeks | 65,244 | 219,081 | 175,469 | 55,088 |
| 26–52 weeks | 11,980 | 78,269 | 84,333 | 30,102 |
| 52–104 weeks | 6,602 | 63,957 | 49,168 | 36,574 |
| 104–156 weeks | — | 28,703 | 18,099 | 24,038 |
| 156–208 weeks | — | 12,193 | 8,963 | 15,728 |
| 208–260 weeks | — | 5,868 | 5,840 | 10,158 |
| 260 weeks + | — | 2,393 | 6,043 | 11,017 |
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what have been the percentage increases in unemployment of the quartiles of male earners.
Unemployment data are not available analysed by previous earnings.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his latest estimate of the number of unemployed construction and building workers.
Results of the 1983 labour force survey indicate that in Great Britain in the second quarter of 1983 there were 257,000 people without a job and looking for work, who had been employed at some time during the previous three years, with their last job in the construction industry.