HC Deb 09 December 1971 vol 827 cc347-8W
36. Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many married women, and others, he estimates are at present unemployed but have not signed on at an employment exchange.

Mr. Dudley Smith

There is no accepted way of defining or measuring the number of unemployed persons who are not registered as unemployed. Practices vary from country to country. In the United Kingdom, the Censuses of Population provide information about the numbers who are seeking work or waiting

compared with the appropriate period in the previous three years.

Mr. Bryan

Following is the information:

to take up a job, but the results for 1971 are not yet available.