§ Mr. Coombsasked the Secretary of State for Employment, with regard to men and women in Great Britain
1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 Males Total Registered unemployed ('000) 412.5 277.9 231.5 219.9 433.3 461.5 447.6 495.0 642.4 723.8 Percentage of Total Male Employees … 2.8 1.9 1.6 1.5 2.9 3.2 3.1 3.5 4.5 5.1 Females Total Registered unemployed ('000) 141.1 91.2 75.4 60.3 108.1 87.4 75.6 82.8 112.6 137.0 Percentage of Total Female Employees 1.7 1.1 0.9 0.7 1.3 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.6 Those wholly unemployed persons who had been registered for more than eight weeks in the same months are shown
1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 Males Wholly unemployed over 8 weeks ('000) … … … … 245.3 168.8 132.9 120.5 242.4 Percentage of total male working population … … … 1.5 1.0 0.8 0.7 1.5 Females Wholly unemployed over 8 weeks ('000) … … … … 70.5 47.8 37.6 28.7 50.6 Percentage of total female working population … … … 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.6
1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 Males Wholly unemployed over 8 weeks ('000) … … … … 280.5 273.4 296.2 378.8 505.3 Percentage of total male working population … … … 1.7 1.7 1.8 2.4 3.2 Females Wholly unemployed over 8 weeks ('000) … … … … 45.3 37.7 41.3 55.6 78.8 Percentage of total female working population … … … 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.9