§ Mr. Eadieasked the Minister of Labour what were the unemployment figures in Scotland in the years 1952 to 437W 1968, respectively, for February, giving a break-up of the figures for male, female and juvenile unemployment in each respective year.
TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN SCOTLAND Men Boys Women Girls Total 11th February, 1952 … … 46,913 1,933 24,475 2,543 75,864 16th February, 1953 … … 47,421 1,622 26,322 1,995 77,360 15th February, 1954 … … 47,442 1,868 23,398 1,914 74,622 14th February, 1955 … … 39,029 1,711 19,900 1,537 62,177 13th February, 1956 … … 38,649 1,678 17,579 1,318 59,224 11th February, 1957 … … 43,190 1,737 20,934 1,546 67,407 17th February, 1958 … … 53,407 2,315 21,538 1,825 79,085 9th February, 1959 … … 81,800 5,002 27,128 2,590 116,520 15th February, 1960 … … 70,298 4,124 24,453 2,002 100,877 13th February, 1961 … … 52,235 2,417 20,513 1,663 76,828 12th February, 1962 … … 60,062 3,159 20,139 1,976 85,336 11th February, 1963 … … 98,584 6,560 26,910 3,976 136,030 10th February, 1964 … … 64,843 4,563 24,645 2,916 96,967 8th February, 1965 … … 52,585 2,916 20,349 2,020 77,870 14th February, 1966 … … 45,358 2,122 15,822 1,387 64,689 13th February, 1967 … … 63,531 3,020 21,182 2,380 90,113 8th January, 1968 … … 70,623 3,456 18,950 2,286 95,315
§ Mr. Carrasked the Minister of Labour what percentage of those wholly unemployed in December of each year from 1961 to 1967, inclusive, had been out of work for over eight weeks.
Mr. Fernyhongh
WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED PERSONS REGISTERED FOR MORE THAN 8 WEEKS EXPRESSED AS PERCENTAGES OF ALL PERSONS REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED Per cent. 11th December, 1961 … … 48.3 10th December, 1962 … … 54.0 9th December, 1963 … … 58.0 7th December, 1964 … … 54.8 6th December, 1965 … … 52.1 12th December, 1966 … … 50.1 11th December, 1967 … … 58.5