Mr. Hamiltonasked the Minister of Labour how many youths are unemployed in Scotland; what percentage this is of the total youth unemployed in the United Kingdom; and whether he 9W will give the comparable figures for each of the last four years.
NUMBERS OF YOUNG PERSONS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN SCOTLAND AND IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AT THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES, TOGETHER WITH THE PERCENTAGES THAT THE FIGURES FOR SCOTLAND REPRESENTED OF THOSE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM Numbers of young persons registered as unemployed Col. (3) as a percentage of Col. (6) (7) Date Scotland United Kingdom Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) 10th October, 1955 … 1,246 963 2,209 6,776 6,266 13,042 16.9 15th October, 1956 … 1,044 958 2,002 6,960 6,693 13,653 14.7 14th October, 1957 … 1,032 914 1,946 8,415 6,560 14,975 13.0 13th October, 1958 … 2,807 1,698 4,505 17,410 13,453 30,863 14.6 12th October, 1959 … 3,389 1,555 4,944 16,974 10,178 27,152 18.2