§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Employment, if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing for both the United Kingdom as a whole and for Great Britain the total number unemployed, the seasonally adjusted number of unemployed and the number of school leavers unemployed at each of the following dates: (a) July 1945, (b) February 1950, (c) October 1951, (d) May 1955, (e) October 1959, (f) October 1964, (g) March 1966, (h) June 1970, (i) February 1974, (j) October 1974, and (k) at the latest available date.
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§ Mr. GoldingFollowing is the information available:
Thousands Numbers unemployed United Kingdom Great Britain Total School leavers included in total Seasonally adjusted excluding school leavers Total School leavers included in total Seasonally adjusted excluding school leavers February 1950 … 392.8 2.9 329.6 362.6 2.7 305.5 October 1951 … 257.9 3.1 261.5 234.5 2.6 234.0 May 1955 … 229.0 2.2 233.7 198.8 1.8 203.5 October 1959 … 439.9 8.5 447.4 407.5 8.1 411.4 October 1964 … 368.5 8.3 369.8 340.3 8.1 338.6 March 1966 … 335.5 1.4 302.1 306.5 1.2 275.0 June 1970 … 555.3 3.1 600.8 523.6 2.6 567.6 February 1974 … 628.8 3.4 577.7 599.2 3.1 549.8 October 1974 … 640.8 15.1 638.1 610.3 13.4 608.4 October 1977 … 1,518.3 98.6 1,433.4 1,456.6 92.6 1,377.1 Comparable information is not available for July 1945.
§ Mr. Corbettasked the Secretary of State for Employment, for each year since 1973, what was the total number of males and females registered as unemployed in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. GoldingIn the following table the annual figures shown for the United Kingdom are averages of the monthly counts of the numbers registered as unemployed:
Males (Thousands) Females 1973 515.2 103.6 1974 513.8 101.4 1975 777.1 200.5 1976 1,025.1 332.6 1977 (January to October) 1,070.7 411.6