HC Deb 15 February 1962 vol 653 c183W
Mr. Hale

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will now advise Her Majesty to grant free pardons in the cases of all motorists

Regions February, 1962 February, 1961
Numbers Per cent.* Numbers Per cent.*
London and South Eastern … 13,746 19.6 7,800 13.5
Midlands … 8,336 21.8 3,436 8.8
* Percentage of the total adults unemployed in the area.

44. Mr. N. Pannell

asked the Minister of Labour what was the estimated total number of Commonwealth immigrants unemployed in the United Kingdom at the February, 1962, count, as compared with the corresponding date of 1961; and what percentage it is of the total unemployment.

Mr. Green

For Great Britan the number in February, 1962, was 31,678 compared with 14,281 in February, 1961. These figures represented 7.4 per cent. and 3.9 per cent., respectively of the total adult unemployed on the nearest available date.