§ Mr. Bishopasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list the name of the committees or commissions set up to investigate various matters for which she has responsibility and which have reported since January 1971 or which are still serving; if she will give the name of the chairman and the number of men and women members of each body, respectively; and if she will give the date of the issue or anticipated issue of the report.
§ Mr. St. John-StevasThe list is as follows:
people, respectively, who are unemployed, though available for work; and what are the comparable figures for one year and two years ago.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithOn 12th February 1973 the rate of unemployment among 415W all registered disabled people was 13.4 per cent. Comparable figures for 1972 and 1971 were 14.9 per cent. and 12.4 per cent. respectively. The figures are analysed by nature of disablement only in April each year. On 5th April 1972 11.3 per cent. of blind people and 14.1 per cent. of physically disabled people—that is excluding blind or mentally ill or handicapped people—registered under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 were unemployed. The comparable
Number of stoppages beginning in year Number of working days lost in stoppages in progress in year All industries and services Coal mining All industries and services Coal mining Year (thousands) (thousands) 1950 … … 1,339 860 1,389 431 1951 … … 1,719 1,058 1,694 350 1952 … … 1,714 1,221 1,792 660 1953 … … 1,746 1,307 2,184 393 1954 … … 1,989 1,464 2,457 468 1955 … … 2,419 1,783 3,781 1,112 1956 … … 2,648 2,076 2,083 502 1957 … … 2,859 2,224 8,412 514 1958 … … 2,629 1,963 3,462 450 1959 … … 2,093 1,307 5,270 363 1960 … … 2,832 1,666 3,024 494 1961 … … 2,686 1,458 3,046 737 1962 … … 2,449 1,205 5,798 308 1963 … … 2,068 987 1,755 326 1964 … … 2,524 1,058 2,277 302 1965 … … 2,354 740 2,925 412 1966 … … 1,937 553 2,398 118 1967 … … 2,116 394 2,787 105 1968 … … 2,378 221 4,690 54 1969 … … 3,116 186 6,846 1,039 1970 … … 3,906 160 10,980 1,090 1971 … … 2,228 135 13,551 63 1972 (provisional) … … 2,470 218 23,904 10,797