§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each
United Kingdom Great Britain Total unemployed (000's) Percentage change between successive years Total unemployed (000's) Percentage change between successive years 1949 … … 328.4 — 300.1 — 1950 … … 332.1 +1.1 305.5 +1.8 1951 … … 264.1 -20.5 237.0 -22.4 1952 … … 368.4 +39.5 328.7 +38.7 1953 … … 356.3 -3.3 319.9 -2.7 1954 … … 302.9 -15.0 271.6 -15.1 1955 … … 243.5 -19.6 213.2 -21.5 1956 … … 258.3 +6.1 229.6 +7.7 1957 … … 327.1 +26.6 294.5 +28.3 1958 … … 450.5 +37.7 410.1 +39.3 1959 … … 480.2 +6.6 444.5 +8.4 1960 … … 377.2 -21.4 345.8 -22.2 1961 … … 346.5 -8.1 312.1 -9.8 1962 … … 467.4 +34.9 431.9 +38.4 1963 … … 558.0 +19.4 520.6 +20.5 1964 … … 404.4 +27.5 372.2 -28.5 1965 … … 347.1 -14.2 317.0 -14.8 1966 … … 361.0 +4.0 330.9 +4.4 1967 … … 556.7 +54.2 519.0 +56.8 1968 … … 583.3 +4.8 546.9 +5.4 1969 … … 576.2 -1.2 539.3 -1.4 1970 … … 612.2 +6.3 576.8 +7.0 1971 … … 792.1 +29.4 751.7 +30.3 1972 … … 875.6 +10.5 835.0 +11.1 1973 … … 618.8 -29.3 587.7 -29.6 1974 … … 614.9 -0.6 585.2 -0.4 1975 … … 977.6 +59.0 935.7 +59.9 1976 … … 1,358.8 +39.0 1,304.0 +39.4