§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of disabled who were unemployed for (a) eight or more weeks and (b) 52 or more weeks, for each year since 1945; and if
Date Registered disabled people unemployed for betweeen seven and 52 weeks Percentage of all registered disabled people Registered disabled people unemployed for 53 weeks or more Percentage of all registered disabled people June 1960 … … 22,493 3.2 18,034 2.6 June 1961 … … 19,941 3.0 15,944 2.4 July 1962 … … 23,962 3.6 16,523 2.5 July 1963 … … 26,757 4.1 20,288 3.1 July 1964 … … 20,387 3.1 19,813 3.0 July 1965 … … 18,900 2.9 16,591 2.5 July 1966 … … 18,395 2.8 15,377 2.3 July 1967 … … 28,146 4.3 19,591 3.0 July 1968 … … 29,519 4.5 24,407 3.7 July 1969 … … 28,873 4.5 27,090 4.2 July 1970 … … 31,203 4.9 28,720 4.5 July 1971 … … 35,474 5.7 33,748 5.4 July 1972 … … 34,608 5.7 40,438 6.6 July 1973 … … 22,918 3.8 37,625 6.3 July 1974 … … 20,780 3.6 31,372 5.4