§ Mr. R. Carrasked the Minister of Labour what percentage of those registered as wholly unemployed at the latest convenient date in Scotland, Wales, each of the English regions and Northern Ireland, respectively, had been unemployed for longer than eight weeks; and what the comparable percentages were a year ago.
§ Mr. FernyhoughFollowing is the information:
NUMBERS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED FOR MORE THAN EIGHT WEEKS EXPRESSED AS PERCENTAGES OF ALL THOSE WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED 12th June, 13th June, 1967 1966 per cent. per cent. Scotland 64.8 61.2 Wales 65.8 63.8 South East 53.8 45.5 East Anglia 62.0 57.6 South Western 64.9 60.5 West Midlands 58.7 47.8 East Midlands 60.9 56.3 Yorkshire and Humberside 56.3 52.3 North Western 57.8 52.3 Northern 62.9 62.5 Northern Ireland 69.0 60.7