asked the Paymaster General if he will publish in the Official Report the number of full-time and part-time employees in the labour force in each employment region in (a) 1979, (b) 1981, (c) 1983, (d) 1984 and (e) 1985 aged 16 to 19 years, 20 to 24 years, and 25 years and over, showing separately males and females by the standard Department of Employment categories of ethnic origin.

The regular quarterly employees in employment series does not identify age or ethnic origin. The labour force survey provides information on a different basis but allows the above analyses. The available information for the years requested is given in the table below. Because of considerations of sample size, it is not possible to provide the information requested by region.

asked the Paymaster General if he will detail, ward by ward, the unemployment figures in Cunninghame district for 1979 and 1983; and what are the latest figures.

Following is the available information, which is also in the Library. The table shows the numbers of unemployed claimants in the electoral wards of Cunninghame local authority district for June 1983 and January 1987. The comparison is affected by seasonal factors and changes in the method of collection and compilation of the data. Statistics of unemployment for electoral wards are derived from the ward-based system and are available only from June 1983.

asked the Paymaster General what is the present number of quarterly signers signing on at unemployment benefit offices in Cleveland at (a) Stockton: Bayheath house, Prince Regent street, (b) Stockton: Daryl house, Park terrace, (c) Billingham: Kingsway house, West precinct, (d) Guisborough: Morgan drive, (e) Guisborough: Loftus market place, (f) Hartlepool: Raby road, (g) Middlesbrough: 36 Grange road and (h) Middlesbrough: Crown house, Wilson street.

[pursuant to his reply, 27 February 1987]: The number of quarterly attenders signing at unemployment benefit offices in Cleveland at the offices listed is as follows: