HC Deb 11 March 1975 vol 888 cc91-3W
Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the numbers of unemployed registered disabled people in Wales for each year since 1948; and if he will also express these totals as a percentage of all registered people.

the steel industries, respectively, in 1945, 1955, 1965 and 1975, respectively, expressing as a percentage the decrease or increase in each particular category.

Mr. John Fraser:

The current series of employment estimates started in 1948. The following table shows the numbers of employees in each industry and, in brackets, index numbers based on June 1948=100. There have been a number of discontinuities in the series and linking figures have, therefore, been included for the dates in question. The index numbers allow for the discontinuities.

Mrs. Bain

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the numbers of unemployed registered disabled people in Scotland for each year since 1948; and if he will also express these totals as a percentage of all registered disabled.

Mr. Harold Walker

The information for February of each year since 1953 is

Wales Scotland
Year Number of unemployed registered disabled people Unemployed registered disabled people as a percentage of all registered disabled people Number of unemployed registered disabled people Unemployed registered disabled people as a percentage of all registered disabled people
1953 … … … … 7,451 13.4 9,081 10.9
1954 … … … … 5,977 11.2 8,200 10.0
1955 … … … … 4,948 9.5 7,472 9.2
1956 … … … … 4,567 9.1 7,093 8.9
1957 … … … … 4,938 10.3 7,346 9.8
1958 … … … … 4,961 10.9 7,227 10.1
1959 … … … … 5,722 13.0 8,458 12.3
1960 … … … … 5,736 13.4 8,774 13.2
1961 … … … … 4,970 11.8 8,007 12.4
1962 … … … … 5,165 12.4 8,006 12.5
1963 … … … … 5,770 14.1 9,345 14.7
1964 … … … … 5,027 12.2 8,937 14.1
1965 … … … … 4,744 11.6 7,712 12.1
1966 … … … … 4,686 11.4 6,964 10.9
1967 … … … … 5,485 13.4 7,846 12.2
1968 … … … … 5,871 14.2 8,427 13.0
1969 … … … … 6,190 15.0 8,762 13.2
1970 … … … … 6,238 15.3 8,640 13.4
1971 … … … … 6,562 16.3 9,724 15.2
1972 … … … … 7,529 18.9 11,264 17.9
1973 … … … … 6,559 16.3 9,738 16.0
1974 … … … … 5,371 13.7 7,336 12.5
1975 … … … … 4,807 12.9 6,493 11.7