HC Deb 22 January 1958 vol 580 c176W
76. Mr. Lee

asked the Minister of Labour whether he will give the figures of unemployed at the latest convenient date, and the comparable figures for 1956 and 1957.

Mr. Carr

At 9th December, 1957, the latest date for which figures are at present available, the total number of unemployed persons on the registers of employment exchanges in Great Britain was 335,469, compared with 296,947 at 10th December, 1956, and 215,650 at 12th December, 1955.