HC Deb 15 December 1969 vol 793 c240W
Mr. William Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what was the percentage rate of unemployment among the registered disabled in Scotland in each November of the last 10 years; and how this compared with the overall rate.

Mr. Dell

The Percentage rates of unemployment among registered disabled persons in Scotland and in Great Britain as a whole—including Scotland—in November of each year from 1960 to 1969 were as follows:

Scotland Great Britain
1960 11.7 7.3
1961 11.9 7.6
1962 13.3 9.0
1963 13.7 9.1
1964 12.0 7.6
1965 10.7 7.1
1966 11.2 8.0
1967 12.3 9.5
1968 12.6 10.2
1969 13.2 10.9