§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what percentage of the labour force was unemployed in April of each year from 1950 to 1970 in England, Scotland and Wales, respectively.
§ Mr. Dell:The following is the information:
PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT England Scotland Wales April, 1950 … 1.3 3.3 3.9 April, 1951 … 1.0 2.6 2.8 April, 1952 … 2.1 3.3 3.0 April, 1953 … 1.5 3.3 3.4 April, 1954 … 1.2 3.1 2.8 April, 1955 … 1.0 2.5 1.9 April, 1956 … 1.0 2.5 2.0 April, 1957 … 1.4 2.7 2.7 April, 1958 … 1.8 3.7 3.9 April, 1959 … 2.1 4.6 4.4 April, 1960 … 1.4 3.9 2.9 April, 1961 … 1.3 3.2 2.5 April, 1962 … 1.9 3.6 2.9 April, 1963 … 2.3 5.2 3.8 April, 1964 … 1.5 3.9 2.5
Numbers wholly unemployed for more than 26 weeks Percentage of all wholly unemployed Percentage of total employees Numbers wholly unemployed for more than 52 weeks Percentage of all wholly unemployed Percentage of total employees Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. England … … 123,984 26.1 0.6 72,515 15.3 0.4 Scotland … … 27,189 29.3 1.3 16,036 17.3 0.7 Wales … … 13,935 33.4 1.4 8,813 21.1 0.9 These figures are not available on a seasonally adjusted basis.