HC Deb 10 December 1970 vol 808 cc157-8W
62. Mr. Spriggs

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men, women, boys and girls registered for employment at the St. Helens office in the years 1965, 1968, and at the latest convenient date for which he has details.

Mr. Dudley Smith

The following table shows the numbers registered as unemployed at St. Helens.

the currencies and in the levels of direct and indict taxation and of social benefits between one country and another but the following figures have been published by the European Community Information Service and relate to 1958 and 1968.

Figures for 1970 are not yet available.

AVERAGE INCOME PER EMPLOYED PERSON*
$ per year (in exchange rate then current)
1958 1968
Belgium 1,833 3,512
France 1,735 3,846
Germany 1,427 3,059
Italy 1,033 2,588
Luxembourg 2,401 3,604
(1960) (1967)
Netherlands 1,432 3,546
Community 1,443 3,224
United Kingdom 1,677 2,578
* Value of earnings, social-security payments and fringe benefits of persons receiving wages or salaries; excludes self-employed and unearned income.