§ Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for Employment in view of the fact that female employment has remained static in the past seven years while male employment has reduced, if he will publish separate figures in future monthly returns.
§ Mr. Chichester-Clark:Monthly estimates of employees in employment for production industries in Great Britain are published regularly in the Department of Employment Gazette. The most recent provisional figures giving separate estimates of males and females for months up to and including February, 1972, were published on pages 368–371 of the April, 1972, issue of the Gazette. Quarterly estimates showing the numbers of males and females employed in the whole economy and more detailed annual estimates of the numbers employed in June are also published.
§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average rate of unemployment in the United Kingdom in the periods 1945 to 1951, 1952 to 1964, 1965 to 1970, and since.
§ Mr. Chichester-Clark:Following is the information from 1948 when the current series of employment and unemployment statistics started.
Average rates of unemployment in the United Kingdom Per cent. July, 1948 to December, 1951 1.5 January, 1952 to December, 1964 1.8 January, 1965 to December, 1970 2.2 January, 1971 to April, 1972 4.0