Labour Stastistics

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To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of people unemployed for less than (a) one year, (b) two years, (c) three years, (d) four years, (e) five years and (f) more than five years; and how many in each group are (i) male and (ii) female; for the United Kingdom and each standard region for Scotland and Wales.

[holding answer 26 March 1990]: The information is contained in the following table and can also be obtained from the NOMIS database system in the House Library.

Duration of Unemployment	Male	Female	Total
South East
Less than 1 year	178,454	71,278	249,732
Less than 2 years	207,990	80,818	288,808
Less than 3 years	220,573	84,611	305,184
Less than 4 years	228,495	87,098	315,593
Less than 5 years	234,754	89,041	323,795
5 years or more	19,787	5,119	24,906
South West
Less than 1 year	50,595	22,079	72,674
Less than 2 years	57,678	24,743	82,421
Less than 3 years	60,507	25,744	86,251
Less than 4 years	62,253	26,401	88,654
Less than 5 years	63,684	26,916	90,600
5 years or more	4,581	1,633	6,214
East Anglia
Less than 1 year	19,867	7,919	27,786
Less than 2 years	22,099	8,730	30,829
Less than 3 years	23,020	9,064	32,084
Less than 4 years	23,616	9,290	32,906
Less than 5 years	24,081	9,483	33,564
5 years or more	1,853	542	2,395
West Midlands
Less than 1 year	69,046	29,830	98,876
Less than 2 years	83,670	34,811	118,481
Less than 3 years	90,127	36,856	126,983
Less than 4 years	94,310	38,288	132,598
Less than 5 years	97,774	39,465	137,239
5 years or more	15,617	3,606	19,223
East Midlands
Less than 1 year	48,801	20,347	69,148
Less than 2 years	57,128	23,210	80,338
Less than 3 years	60,867	24,319	85,186
Less than 4 years	63,088	25,141	88,229

Duration of Unemployment	Male	Female	Total
Less than 5 years	64,777	25,744	90,521
5 years or more	7,114	1,878	8,992
North West
Less than 1 year	107,802	43,836	151,638
Less than 2 years	133,822	51,549	185,371
Less than 3 years	145,216	54,619	199,835
Less than 4 years	151,986	56,589	208,575
Less than 5 years	157,304	58,075	215,379
5 years or more	23,507	4,308	27,815
Yorkshire and Humberside
Less than 1 year	79,658	30,882	110,540
Less than 2 years	95,608	35,831	131,439
Less than 3 years	102,498	37,927	140,425
Less than 4 years	106,955	39,287	146,242
Less than 5 years	110,584	40,351	150,935
5 years or more	13,538	2,875	16,413
Northern
Less than 1 year	59,131	22,695	81,826
Less than 2 years	72,906	26,526	99,432
Less than 3 years	78,332	28,006	106,338
Less than 4 years	81,636	28,963	110,599
Less than 5 years	84,373	29,707	114,080
5 years or more	12,794	2,242	15,036
Wales
Less than 1 year	46,126	17,265	63,391
Less than 2 years	54,679	19,554	74,233
Less than 3 years	58,153	20,490	78,643
Less than 4 years	59,940	21,046	80,986
Less than 5 years	61,418	21,462	82,880
5 years or more	6,318	1,151	7,469
Northern Ireland
Less than 1 year	32,066	15,225	47,291
Less than 2 years	42,397	18,758	61,155
Less than 3 years	48,706	20,404	69,110
Less than 4 years	53,599	21,555	75,154
Less than 5 years	57,759	22,432	80,191
5 years or more	17,808	2,414	20,222
Scotland
Less than 1 year	94,419	42,113	136,532
Less than 2 years	118,358	49,237	167,595
Less than 3 years	128,717	52,270	18,978
Less than 4 years	135,169	54,097	189,266
Less than 5 years	140,257	55,601	195,858
5 years or more	19,623	3,695	23,318
United Kingdom
Less than 1 year	785,965	323,469	1,109,434
Less than 2 years	946,335	373,767	1,320,102
Less than 3 years	1,016,716	394,310	1,411,026
Less than 4 years	1,061,047	407,755	1,468,302
Less than 5 years	1,096,765	418,277	1,515,042
5 years or more	142,540	29,463	172,003

Volume 170: debated on Monday 2 April 1990