§ Mr. Malcolm MacPhersonasked the Minister of Labour the numbers of unemployed in Scotland each March and September since the end of the war; and what percentages these have been of the total United Kingdom unemployed.
§ Mr. HeathThe following table gives the information desired:
NUMBER OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN SCOTLAND AT THE UNDER-MENTIONED DATES AND THE PERCENTAGES THAT THESE FIGURES REPRESENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM Date Numbers Unemployed Percentage September, 1945 … 36,276 17.6 March, 1946 … 76,512 18.5 September, 1946 … 80,164 19.8 March, 1947 … 103,608 12.7 September, 1947 … 53,100 19.2 March, 1948 … 56,506 16.6 September, 1948 … 58,370 18.2 March, 1949 … 67,505 18.0 September, 1949 … 57,191 19.5 March, 1950 … 72,167 19.1 September, 1950 … 58,466 19.0 March, 1951 … 58,822 19.3 September, 1951 … 47,782 19.9 March, 1952 … 69,235 14.4 September, 1952 … 66,372 15.3 March, 1953 … 72,036 16.4 September, 1953 … 56,602 17.5 March, 1954 … 70,643 18.5 September, 1954 … 51,435 19.5 March, 1955 … 59,903 19.5 September, 1955 … 44,376 19.3 March, 1956 … 56,209 18.7 September, 1956 … 51,983 19.0 March, 1957 … 63,138 15.7 September, 1957 … 50,404 16.9 March, 1958 … 78,908 16.3 September, 1958 … 79,804 15.5 March, 1959 … 103,033 17.4 September, 1959 … 83,385 19.0 March, 1960 … 91,867 20.5