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Mr. William Ross
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the average length of time a person is unemployed in Northern Ireland; and how many are at present unemployed for less than (1) one year, (2)
| Known NPUs for County Council TSG schemes | ||||
| Authority and scheme | TSG support in | NPU (£ million) | Base year | |
| Avon—Newfoundland Street Bristol | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 1·700 | 1979 |
| Avon—Avon Ring Road (IA): Hambrook-Badminton Road | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 5·410 | 1979 |
| Avon—Avon Ring Road (IV): Marsham Way-A4 Bath Road | — | 1990–91 | 6,400 | 1979 |
| Avon—Avon RR (IB1): Badminton Road-Westerleigh Road | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 5·410 | 1979 |
| Avon—Avon RR (IB2): Westerleigh Road-Shortwood Road | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 26·100 | 1979 |
| Avon—Avon Ring Road (III): A120 Warmley-Marsham Way | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 26·100 | 1979 |
| Avon—M5-Town Centre Link Weston Super Mare Stage 1 | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 3·866 | 1979 |
| Avon—Urban Traffic Control | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 3·540 | 1979 |
| Avon—Weston Super Mare PDR Stages VA & VB | — | 1990–91 | 3·866 | 1979 |
| Bedfordshire—Stagsden Bypass | — | 1990–91 | 1·157 | 1988 |
| Bedfordshire—Shefford/Clifton/Henlow Bypass | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 4·610 | 1979 |
| Berkshire—Sandhurst Crowthorne Bypass | — | 1990–91 | 27·884 | 1988 |
| Berkshire—Slough Bath Road Montem Lane-Wellington Street | — | 1990–91 | 11·114 | 1988 |
| Buckinghamshire—Wing-Milton Keynes Fenny Stratford Bypass | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 3·738 | 1979 |
two years, (3) three years, (4) four years, (5) five years and (6) more than five years; and, in each group, how many are (a) male and (b) female.
Mr. Peter Bottomley
[holding answer 13 March 1990]: The estimated average durations of unemployment for those unemployed at 11 January 1990 were as follows:
| Average duration in weeks1 | |
| Male | 76 |
| Female | 34 |
| Overall average | 60 |
| 1 Average duration is taken as the median duration i.e. the spell of unemployment which divides the unemployed into two halves; one half with durations greater than the median and the other half with durations less than the median. | |
| Duration of unemployment | Male | Female | Total |
| One year or less | 32,066 | 15,225 | 47,291 |
| Two years or less2 | 42,397 | 18,758 | 61,155 |
| Three years or less2 | 48,706 | 20,404 | 69,110 |
| Four years or less2 | 53,599 | 21,555 | 75,154 |
| Five years or less2 | 57,759 | 22,432 | 80,191 |
| Over five years | 17,808 | 2,414 | 20,222 |
| 2 These figures are not mutually exclusive. For example, the numbers unemployed three years or less are included in the numbers unemployed four years or less. | |||