HC Deb 03 February 1972 vol 830 cc174-5W
Mr. Adam Butler

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the percentage of the immigrant population, excluding the Irish, who are at present wholly unemployed.

Mr. Dudley Smith

I regret that I can give no current estimate. Comprehensive information about the numbers of employed and unemployed immigrant workers in this country is obtained only when a census of population is taken. The results of the 1971 census are not yet available.