§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many private tenants and local and public authority tenants, respectively, were in receipt of rent rebates at the most recent date for which figures are available; and what was the average amount of rebate in each category.
§ Mr. William RossI refer the hon. Member to the publication "Rents of Public Authority Houses and Rent Rebates and Allowances in Scotland, 1974" (Cmnd 5966), which gives the latest information available on rent rebates and allowances paid by housing
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UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE EEC, AUSTRIA, SWEDEN, JAPAN AND THE U.S.A. Percentage change in the number unemployed over Country Month Number (thousands) Percentage Rate 1 month 3 month 1 year Belgium(2)(6) … … December … 299.0 8.7 +5 +23 +64 Denmark(1)(6) … … November … 108.1 11.3 +5 +17 +37 France(2)(4) … … January … 1,017.4 5.7 +1 — +33 Germany(2)(4) … … January … 1,351.0 5.9 +10 +27 +17 Ireland(2)(4) … … December … 107.1 9.6 +2 +8 +28 Italy(3)(5) … … October … 699.0 3.5 (7) +8 +16 Luxembourg … … November … 0.6 0.5 +7 +320 +323 Netherlands(2) … … December … 228.6 5.6 +8 +17 +26 United Kingdom(2)(4)(8) … January … 1303.2 5.6 +9 +9 +69 Austria(2) … … November … 68.0 N.A. +26 +89 +42 Sweden(3)(5) … … December … 64.0 1.6 -10 -16 +3 Japan(3)(5) … … October … 1,030.0 1.9 +4 +18 +37 U.S.A.(3)(5) … … January … 8,174.0 7.8 +14 +13 — Notes: (1) Based on statistics of trade union benefit funds. (2) Employment office statistics. (3) Labour force sample survey. (4) Unemployed rate is calculated as a percentage of total employees. (5) Unemployed rate is calculated as a percentage of the civilian labour force. (6) Wholly unemployed receiving insurance benefits. Rate calculated as a percentage of total insured. (7) Only quarterly figures available. (8) The January 1975 figure was delayed, owing to industrial action, to a date when most students registered for vacation employment had left the register. As also December and October are months when few students register, the comparisons are based on figures excluding adult students. The total number unemployed including adult students in January 1976 was 1,430,369 (6.1 per cent.). Sources: EEC Commission. OECD, Main economic indicators. Department of Employment labour attache reports. authorities. The 1975 issue of this annual publication will be published shortly.