HC Deb 15 March 1973 vol 852 cc414-5W
Mr. Bishop

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list the name of the committees or commissions set up to investigate various matters for which she has responsibility and which have reported since January 1971 or which are still serving; if she will give the name of the chairman and the number of men and women members of each body, respectively; and if she will give the date of the issue or anticipated issue of the report.

Mr. St. John-Stevas

The list is as follows:

people, respectively, who are unemployed, though available for work; and what are the comparable figures for one year and two years ago.

Mr. Dudley Smith

On 12th February 1973 the rate of unemployment among all registered disabled people was 13.4 per cent. Comparable figures for 1972 and 1971 were 14.9 per cent. and 12.4 per cent. respectively. The figures are analysed by nature of disablement only in April each year. On 5th April 1972 11.3 per cent. of blind people and 14.1 per cent. of physically disabled people—that is excluding blind or mentally ill or handicapped people—registered under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 were unemployed. The comparable

Number of stoppages beginning in year Number of working days lost in stoppages in progress in year
All industries and services Coal mining All industries and services Coal mining
Year (thousands) (thousands)
1950 1,339 860 1,389 431
1951 1,719 1,058 1,694 350
1952 1,714 1,221 1,792 660
1953 1,746 1,307 2,184 393
1954 1,989 1,464 2,457 468
1955 2,419 1,783 3,781 1,112
1956 2,648 2,076 2,083 502
1957 2,859 2,224 8,412 514
1958 2,629 1,963 3,462 450
1959 2,093 1,307 5,270 363
1960 2,832 1,666 3,024 494
1961 2,686 1,458 3,046 737
1962 2,449 1,205 5,798 308
1963 2,068 987 1,755 326
1964 2,524 1,058 2,277 302
1965 2,354 740 2,925 412
1966 1,937 553 2,398 118
1967 2,116 394 2,787 105
1968 2,378 221 4,690 54
1969 3,116 186 6,846 1,039
1970 3,906 160 10,980 1,090
1971 2,228 135 13,551 63
1972 (provisional) 2,470 218 23,904 10,797