HC Deb 01 August 1972 vol 842 c66W
56. Mr. Pavitt

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will now extend the range of statistics on unemployed coloured workers by keeping statistics of those who have secured jobs through local employment exchanges and a classification of types of employment which have been accepted.

Mr. Dudley Smith

No, Such statistics, to be useful, would need to be analysed by occupation in considerable detail and would not, in my view, justify the cost of their collection.

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