HC Deb 16 December 1968 vol 775 cc258-9W
Mr. William Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what was the Scottish proportion of total United Kingdom unemployment in 1951, 1961, 1964 and 1967, and at the latest available date for which statistics are available.

Mr. Fernyhough

The proportions for 1951, 1961, 1964 and 1967 were 19.0, 18.1, 19.4 and 14.1 per cent., respectively, and the proportion for November, 1968, was 13. 3 per cent.