§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if, using the latest available figures, he will show the number of wholly unemployed in Scotland and Great Britain as a percentage of total employees for each full year since 1966, and for the early months of 1973.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
UNEMPLOYED PERCENTAGE RATES Scotland Great Britain Monthly average: 1966 … … 2.7 1.4 1967 … … 3.7 2.2 1968 … … 3.7 2.4 1969 … … 3.7 2.4 1970 … … 4.2 2.5 1971 … … 5.8 3.3 1972 … … 6.4 3.7 January 1973 … … 6.1 3.5