asked the Paymaster General what is the lastest available figure for those out of work for a year or more.

On 8 January 1987, the latest date for which figures are available, the number of climants who had been unemployed for over one year was 1,334,000, which represents 40·5 per cent. of the total.

asked the Paymaster General when he expects unemployment to fall below 3 million: and if he will make a statement.

The Government do not make forecasts of unemployment, but, if present trends continue, adult unemployment is likely to fall below 3 million within the next few months.

asked the Paymaster General what is the latest available figure for unemployment in Greater London.

On 12 March 1987, the number of unemployed claimants in the Greater London area was 383,086.

asked the Paymaster General if he will state the latest figure for full-time equivalent jobs created since 1983; and if he will make a statement.

The Department's employed labour force series is not sufficiently detailed to support the accurate calculation of full time equivalent job estimates. The series would not reflect the importance of increasing labour market flexibility which has contributed to the continuing growth of part time jobs and has benefited both employers and employe es. However, estimates from the labour force survey show an increase of 4½ per cent. between spring 1983 and spring 1986 in the person hours usually worked per week in the economy of Great Britain.

asked the Paymaster General how many people presently on the Government's job training schemes have remained on the unemployment register.

People on the new job training scheme are in full-time training and are not required to be available for work. They are therefore excluded from the unemployment count as would anybody else be in the same circumstances.

asked the Paymaster General if he will commission a fundamental study into long-term trends in net real unemployment in the United Kingdom, relating it to the comparisons available in other large EEC member state economies.

No study is necessary. The available information on unemployment already includes estimates from the annual Labour Force Survey which is conducted on a similar basis in all EC countries. Standardised unemployment rates for major industrial countries are published monthly by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

asked the Paymaster General what are the most recent percentage figures for (a) total unemployment and (b) male unemployment in the Alnwick and Amble area.

On 12 March 1987, the number of unemployed claimants in the Alnwick and Amble travelto-work area expressed as a percentage of employees in employment plus the unemployed was 19·8 per cent. The corresponding rate for male claimants was 22·7 per cent.

asked the Paymaster General if he will indicate in percentage terms the number of unemployed in (a) the Sheffield travel-to-work area and (b) the Yorkshire and Humberside region.

On 12 May 1987. the number of unemployed claimants in the Sheffield travel-to-work area, expressed as a percentage of employees in employment plus the unemployed, was 15·8 per cent. The comparable rate for the Yorkshire and Humberside region was 14·7 per cent. The number of unemployed claimants in the Yorkshire and Humberside region expressed as a percentage of the total working population was 13·2 per cent.

asked the Paymaster General how many people in England were in paid employment at the end of April 1979 and at the end of the latest month in 1987 for which figures are available.

There are no figures available for the dates specified. The available information is as follows:

asked the Paymaster General what is the latest figure for the number of unemployed.

On 12 March 1987, the number of unemployed claimants in the United Kingdom was 3,143,370.

asked the Paymaster General if he will publish figures from the 1985 labour force survey, showing separately for part-time and full-time workers the numbers and percentages of employees aged 16 years and over by ethnic origin, occupational group and sex.

The 1985 "Labour Force Survey" estimates are as shown in the table:

asked the Paymaster General what was the number of notified vacancies unfilled in the Coventry and Warwickshire area in each of the standard industrial classifications at the latest date, for which figures are available; how many were part-time; and what was the total number of unemployed at each job centre on the same date.

The following table contains the available information, which is also in the Library. The table gives the numbers of unfilled vacancies in the jobcentres that

asked the Paymaster General what are the unemployment figures for Coventry categorised by sex, age and the duration of unemployment, for the latest date for which statistics are available.

Following is the requested information which is available in the Library. Figures relate to 8 January 1987, the latest date for which an analysis of unemployment by age and duration is available.