§ Mr. W. Hamiltonasked the Minister of Labour how many boys and girls, respectively, are currently unemployed in Scotland and have been so for over eight weeks; and what were the comparable figures for each of the last 12 years.
§ Mr. WhitelawThe following are the figures for boys and girls under 18 years of age:
Date Boys Girls Total number unemployed Number wholly unemployed for over 8 weeks Total number unemployed Number wholly unemployed for over 8 weeks January 1964 5,098 1,289 3,155 830 1963 6,385 1,606 4,128 1,034 1962 3,698 782 2,382 625 1961 2,911 750 1,965 531 1960 4,847 1,834 2,427 788 1959 5,432 1,948 3,284 1,032 1958 2,488 480 1,968 517 1957 2,029 254 1,669 396 1956 1,909 268 1,570 355 1955 2,500 409 2,056 398 1954 2,603 377 2,453 575 1953 2,421 445 2,719 653 1952 2,071 299 2,882 561