§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of those registered as unemployed at the latest available date were living in a household with a weekly income from all sources exceeding £15, £20, and £25, respectively, including the cash equivalents of non-cash benefits, in Scotland and in the United Kingdom, respectively.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of those registered unemployed at the latest available date were this year's school-leavers, in Scotland and in Great Britain, respectively.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 8th November, out of all persons registered as unemployed in Scotland and in the United Kingdom the proportions who were school-leavers were 1.6 per cent. and 1.4 per cent., respectively.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what percentage of those registered as unemployed at the latest available date are men married to women in employment, in Scotland and in Great Britain, respectively;
(2) what percentage of those registered as unemployed at the latest available date are women married to men in employment, in Scotland and in Great Britain, respectively.
§ Mr. BryanAt 8th November the numbers of married women registered as unemployed in Scotland and in the United Kingdom were 11,570 and 52,020, respectively. The statistics do not indicate how many unemployed women were married to men who were in employment.
§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of those unemployed at the latest available date in Scotland and in Great Britain, respectively, were women.
§ Mr. BryanAt 8th November, 19.8 per cent. of those registered as unemployed in Scotland were women. The corresponding figure for the United Kingdom was 16 per cent.