asked the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of (a) unemployed males and (b) unemployed females in the Burnley travel-to-work area have been unemployed for (i) one year, (ii) two years and (iii) three years at the latest available date.
The following information is in the library. The table gives the figures for unemployed claimants in the former Burnley travel-to-work area on 11 April, the latest date for which an analysis of unemployment by duration is available.
| Duration of unemployment—percentage of total unemployed | ||
| Male | Female | |
| Over one year | 45·6 | 31·5 |
| Over two years | 29·3 | 16·4 |
| Over three years | 18·6 | 9·0 |
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the unemployment figures for the county of Lancashire categorised by (a) sex, (b) age and (c) duration of unemployment for the last month for which figures are available.
The following information is in the Library. The tables give the figures for unemployed claimants in the best fit of jobcentre areas to the county of Lancashire on 11 April 1985, the latest date for which an analysis of unemployment by age and duration is available.
Duration of unemployment in weeks
| 16 and under
| 17
| 18
| 19
| 20–24
| 25–29
| 30–34
| 35–39
| 40–44
| 45–49
| 50–54
| 55–59
| 60–64
| 65 and over
| Total
|
| Over 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 192 | 246 | 261 | 213 | 263 | 330 | 458 | 23 | 0 | 2,068 |
| Total Males | 468 | 1,539 | 2,462 | 2,605 | 10,954 | 6,926 | 5,727 | 5,093 | 3,922 | 3,656 | 4,001 | 5,092 | 1,629 | 7 | 54,081 |
Females
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Duration of unemployment in weeks
| 16 and under
| 17
| 18
| 19
| 20–24
| 25–29
| 30–34
| 35–39
| 40–44
| 45–49
| 50–54
| 55–59
| 60 and over
| Total
|
| One or less | 33 | 52 | 43 | 39 | 174 | 95 | 70 | 40 | 31 | 39 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 669 |
| Over 1 and up to 2 | 37 | 50 | 55 | 59 | 233 | 146 | 100 | 73 | 73 | 55 | 50 | 48 | 0 | 979 |
| Over 2 and up to 4 | 23 | 112 | 108 | 71 | 330 | 199 | 117 | 93 | 81 | 72 | 40 | 27 | 0 | 1,273 |
| Over 4 and up to 6 | 31 | 81 | 72 | 79 | 298 | 169 | 110 | 76 | 54 | 44 | 40 | 35 | 1 | 1,090 |
| Over 6 and up to 8 | 27 | 59 | 64 | 55 | 254 | 172 | 83 | 56 | 55 | 59 | 38 | 43 | 0 | 965 |
| Over 8 and up to 13 | 58 | 182 | 167 | 149 | 617 | 351 | 197 | 135 | 112 | 98 | 92 | 76 | 0 | 2,234 |
| Over 13 and up to 26 | 111 | 325 | 433 | 403 | 1,342 | 893 | 439 | 307 | 214 | 257 | 194 | 194 | 0 | 5,112 |
| Over 26 and up to 39 | 99 | 261 | 356 | 322 | 812 | 642 | 307 | 238 | 157 | 169 | 201 | 201 | 0 | 3,765 |
| Over 39 and up to 52 | 0 | 97 | 141 | 143 | 581 | 442 | 184 | 162 | 124 | 132 | 135 | 153 | 0 | 2,294 |
| Over 52 and up to 65 | 0 | 32 | 89 | 86 | 297 | 242 | 124 | 104 | 72 | 75 | 104 | 103 | 0 | 1,328 |
| Over 65 and up to 78 | 0 | 22 | 59 | 87 | 191 | 147 | 68 | 69 | 51 | 80 | 70 | 111 | 3 | 958 |
| Over 78 and up to 104 | 0 | 35 | 91 | 154 | 335 | 163 | 82 | 86 | 87 | 121 | 157 | 199 | 3 | 1,513 |
| Over 104 and up to 156 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 116 | 338 | 157 | 94 | 93 | 108 | 146 | 240 | 295 | 0 | 1,658 |
| Over 156 and up to 208 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 229 | 62 | 57 | 49 | 59 | 83 | 144 | 302 | 2 | 1,005 |
| Over 208 and up to 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 29 | 29 | 24 | 27 | 43 | 97 | 177 | 3 | 520 |
| Over 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 44 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 36 | 81 | 141 | 3 | 422 |
| Total Females | 419 | 1,308 | 1,749 | 1,781 | 6,166 | 3,953 | 2,089 | 1,633 | 1,322 | 1,509 | 1,713 | 2,128 | 15 | 25,785 |
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young persons aged 16 to 18 years were unemployed in the Burnley travel-to-work area for the last month for which figures are available.
The following information is in the Library. On 11 April 1985, the latest date for which an analysis of unemployment by age is available, the number of unemployed claimants aged 16 to 18 years in the former Burnley travel-to-work area was 525. Information for the new Burnley travel-to-work area will be available shortly.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total employment in the following industries in 1979; docks, coal mining, ship-building and repairing and steel, respectively; and what are the latest available equivalent figures.
The following table gives, for Great Britain, the estimated numbers of employees in employment in June 1979 and at the latest date for the industries specified. Data are collected monthly from a sample of employers within the index of production industries (divisions 1–5 of the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification), and quarterly from a larger sample of employers representing all industries and services. The figures for April 1985 are provisional.
| Employees in Employment—Great Britain | |||
| Industry | Activity Heading or Group of the 1980 SIC | June 1979 | April 1985 |
| Deep coal mines | 1,113 | 288,000 | 213,700 |
| Shipbuilding and repairing | 361 | 139,000 | 91,300 |
Industry
| Activity Heading or Group of the 1980 SIC
| June 1979
| April 1985
|
| Iron and steel industry | 221 | 281,200 | 146,700 |
| Steel tubes | 222 | ||
| Drawing, cold rolling and cold forming of steel | 223 | ||
December 1984
| |||
| Supporting services to sea transport | 763 | 61,500 | 39,700 |