HC Deb 08 November 1982 vol 31 cc74-5W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Employment, further to the answer of 26 January, Official Report, c. 295-6, if he will give the numbers of unemployed for each year from which the percentage rates of unemployment were derived.

Mr. Alison

The following table contains details of the number of registered unemployed in the United Kingdom for each year since 1948.

Year Thousands*
†1948 326
1949 328
1950 332
1951 264
1952 368
1953 356
1954 303
1955 243
1956 258
1957 327
1958 450
1959 480
1960 377
Year Thousands*
1961 346
1962 467
1963 558
1964 404
1965 347
1966 361
1967 557
1968 583
1969 576
1970 612
1971 792
1972 876
1973 619
1974 621
1975 978
1976 1,359
1977 1,484
1978 1,475
1979 1,390
1980 1,795
1981 2,734

* Annual average; excludes temporarily stopped and adult students seeking work during vacations.

† Average of six months.