HC Deb 20 February 1968 vol 759 cc88-9W
Mr. R. Carr

asked the Minister of Labour whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the numbers of wholly unemployed, the percentage of the working population wholly unemployed, and the number of vacancies in October of each year from 1958 to 1967, inclusive.

Mr. Fernyhough

Following is the information:

NUMBERS OF PERSONS REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED, PERCENTAGE RATES* FOR WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED PERSONS, AND NOTIFIED VACANCIES REMAINING UNFILLED IN GREAT BRITAIN
Wholly Un-employed Percentage rate* of unemployment Unfilled vacancies
(Thousands) (Wholly Un-employed) (Thousands)
October, 1958 451.2 2.1 166.7
October, 1959 407.5 1.9 246.5
October, 1960 313.2 1.4 324.4
October, 1961 322.5 1.4 289.2
October, 1962 467.6 2.0 175.8
October, 1963 61.7 2.0 215.2
October, 1964 340.3 1.5 324.8
October, 1965 309.2 1.3 372.5
October, 1966 374.6 1.6 301.3
October, 1967 531.6 2.3 241.1
* The numbers registered as wholly unemployed have been expressed as percentages of the midyear estimated numbers of employees (employed and unemployed).