HC Deb 03 February 1972 vol 830 cc169-70W
73. Mr. Cormack

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will take steps to ensure that future detailed analyses of the unemployment figures include a breakdown between skilled and unskilled workers.

Mr. Bryan

It is not possible to classify all unemployed workers in this way because there are at present no universally accepted definitions of skilled and unskilled workers. However, the occupational classification of the unemployment figures is due to be changed and I will bear this point in mind.