§ Sir B. Rhys Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men and how many women had been wholly unemployed for over six months and for over 12 months in England and Wales on 1st October, 1971.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 11th October, 175,014 wholly unemployed males and 17,578 wholly unemployed females had been on the registers in England and Wales for more than 26 weeks. Of these, 97,129 males and 8,564 females had been registered for more than 52 weeks.