§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Minister of Labour what were the unemployment figures in England and Wales, respectively, for January in each of the years 1952 to 1968, giving a break-up of the 155W figures for male, female and juvenile unemployment in each respective year.
Total numbers registered as unemployed in England and in Wales England Men Boys Women Girls Total 14th January, 1952 … 146,174 7,440 111,055 13,803 278,472 12th January, 1953 … 202,902 9,410 113,392 12,659 338,363 11thJanuary, 1954 … 170,186 8,969 82,995 9,514 271,664 10thJanuary, 1955 … 127,796 7,393 64,974 7,676 207,839 16th January, 1956 … 115,500 5,473 59,858 5,166 185,997 14th January, 1957 … 197,029 8,741 77,054 6,754 289,578 13th January, 1958 … 197,408 10,824 72,949 7,577 288,758 12th January, 1959 … 318,148 18,938 110,055 13,279 460,420 11th January, 1960 … 226,204 15,513 77,903 9,213 328,833 16th January, 1961 … 221,788 10,245 67,780 7,269 307,082 15thJanuary, 1962 … 245,041 15,776 72,091 10,708 343,616 14th January, 1963 … 488,105 31,367 92,904 19,765 632,141 13th January, 1964 … 264,700 12,611 72,683 8,735 358,729 11th January, 1965 … 199,071 8,937 54,410 6,240 268,658 10th January, 1966 … 191,644 7,565 44,666 4,772 248,647 9th January, 1967 … 373,968 13,293 72,452 8,833 468,546 8th January, 1968 … 405,626 12,522 66,712 7,454 492,314
Wales Men Boys Women Girls Total 14th January, 1952 … 17,429 768 9,951 2,121 30,269 12th January, 1953 … 20,900 893 9,186 1,613 32,592 11th January, 1954 … 17,435 976 8,812 1,727 28,950 10th January, 1955 … 14,354 782 7,604 1,415 24,155 16th January, 1956 … 11,483 592 5,804 879 18,758 14th January, 1957 … 17,062 878 7,910 1,472 27,322 13th January, 1958 … 22,176 1,365 8,653 1,606 33,800 12th January, 1959 … 28,040 2,322 11,001 2,493 43,856 11th January, 1960 … 21,290 1,689 8,876 1,722 33,577 16th January, 1961 … 19,483 1,201 8,147 1,507 30,338 15th January, 1962 … 22,106 1,613 6,842 1,561 32,122 14thJanuary, 1963 … 40,832 3,028 8,284 2,720 54,864 13th January, 1964 … 31,011 1,279 6,875 1,420 40,585 11th January, 1965 … 19,279 1,206 6,228 1,285 27,998 10th January, 1966 … 22,074 1,266 6,025 1,039 30,404 9th January, 1967 … 31,030 2,031 8,024 1,624 42,709 8th January, 1968 … 32,405 1,719 7,628 1,474 43,226