§ 83. Mr. Awberyasked the Minister of Labour if he will tabulate the numbers of men unemployed in the months of July and January of each of the last three years expressed as percentages of the total working population.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodFollowing is the reply:
The table below gives the information desired.
Numbers of males registered as unemployed in Great Britain at the under-mentioned dates expressed as percentages of the estimated total number of male employees Date Percentage 16th January, 1956 … 1.2 16th July, 1956 … 1.1 14th January, 1957 … 1.9 15th July, 1957 … 1.2 13th January, 1958 … 2.0 14th July, 1958 … 2.0 12th January, 1959 … 3.2 9th March, 1959 (provisional) … 2.8