HC Deb 06 July 1976 vol 914 c491W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of the working population were unemployed in the United Kingdom in cach year since 1950.

Mr. Golding

Rates of unemployment are calculated by expressing the numbers unemployed as percentages of the estimated numbers of employees, including the unemployed. Following is the information available for June each year:

Per cent.
June 1950 1.4
June 1951 1.0
June 1952 1.6
June 1953 1.5
June 1954 1.2
June 1955 1.0
June 1956 1.0
June 1957 1.2
June 1958 1.8
June 1959 1.9
June 1960 1.4
June 1961 1.2
June 1962 1.7
June 1963 2.1
June 1964 1.5
June 1965 1.2
June 1966 1.2
June 1967 2.1
June 1968 2.3
June 1969 2.2
June 1970 2.4
June 1971 3.2
June 1972 3.5
June 1973 2.5
June 1974 2.3
June 1975 3.7
June 1976* 5.7
*Provisional.