Labour Statistics

Mr. Cox
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the numbers of people now registered as unemployed in the Greater London area who have been out of work for periods of up to three months, six months, nine months, one year, two years, three years or longer.

Mr. Jackson
The latest available information, relating to October 1991, is contained in the table and can also he obtained from the NOMIS database system in the Library.--------------------------
|Duration of unemployment|
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|Up to 3 months          |
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|3 to 6 months           |
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|6 to 9 months           |
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|9 to 12 months          |
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|1 to 2 years            |
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|2 to 3 years            |
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|Over 3 years            |
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