HC Deb 20 October 1971 vol 823 cc131-3W
58. Mr. Clinton Davis

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Common-

ment as unemployed, male and female, at 5th April, 1971 (the latest available date) is set out in the following table:

Scotland England Wales
Male 88 658 35
Female 17 109 7
Total 105 767 42

Information about the age ranges is not readily available.

Mr. Eadie

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the unemployment figures for registered blind persons, male and female, in Scotland, England and Wales during the last five years to the nearest available date.

Mr. Dudley Smith

The unemployment figures for registered blind people, male and female, during the past five years, on the first Monday in April, are set out in the following table. Separate figures for England, Wales and Scotland are not available prior to 1971.

wealth Affairs how many copies of the short version of the Government's White Paper on Britain and Europe have been supplied free to each major political party in Great Britain since 26th July; and what has been the cost to the Central Office of Information and Stationery Office Votes.

Mr. Anthony Royle

At the request of the political parties, they have been supplied with the following quantities since the 26th of July:

Conservative Party 563,365 copies
Liberal Party 550 copies
Labour Party 184 copies

at a cost to public funds of £7,019, £6.85 and £2.30 respectively. There has been a considerable reduction in the unit cost of the short version of the White Paper since the estimates used in the preparation of the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Lord President to my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Buckinghamshire, South (Mr. Ronald Bell) on 26th July.

The figures for the total estimated cost of all copies of the short version of the White Paper supplied to political parties at their request are now as follows:

Conservative Party £17,495
Liberal Party £46.85
Labour Party £3.22

The figure for the Labour Party given above does not take into account 5,000 copies included in my right hon. Friend the Lord President's answer of 26th July as supplied to the Labour Party, almost all of which were returned subsequently.—[Vol. 822, c. 321.]