§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will list the percentage of wholly unemployed under 40 years of age registered in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, respectively, to the latest convenient date;
(2) what was the percentage of wholly unemployed under 40 years of age registered in the United Kingdom at 11th January, 1971.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe numbers registered as wholly unemployed in Great Britain, but not in Northern Ireland, are analysed by age in January and July each year. The following table shows for England, Scotland, Wales and Great 243W Britain the proportions under 40 years of age:
Number under 40 years of age as proportions of all registered wholly unemployed persons at 11th January, 1971. Per cent. England … … … 50.9 Scotland … … … 59.6 Wales … … … 54.0 Great Britain … … … 52.6 Comparable figures for Northern Ireland are not available.