HC Deb 24 May 1977 vol 932 c407W
36. Mr. Kenneth Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many of the total of unemployed at the end of March 1977 were women and how many were men.

Mr. Golding

The numbers unemployed are counted on a selected day in each month. At 10th March the number unemployed in Great Britain comprised 338,613 females and 989,468 males. The corresponding figures for 14th April were 343,096 and 992,539.